Take me with you : a novel / Steven Rowley.
College professor Jesse del Ruth has been abandoned. Thirty years into their relationship, Jesse witnesses his husband Norman get out of bed late one night, walk into their Joshua Tree backyard, step into a strange beam of light and ... disappear. How could Norman desert him after a lifetime together? Where did he go? And, most confoundingly ... will he ever return? Jesse knew they were longing for something, both feeling stuck. But had Norman been so stuck that his only option was to leave Jesse behind? As Jesse struggles to understand Norman's disappearance, he tries to piece together his new reality. Is he expected to wait patiently for a partner who may never come back? Or is this an opportunity for reinvention? When Norman's sister Lally lands on Jesse's doorstep with an urgent request, Norman's absence becomes even more profound. Add to Jesse's grief and confusion a conspiracy-theorist neighbor, a strange man following him, and suspicions that he may have had a hand in Norman's disappearance, and Jesse starts to crack under the pressure. With his husband missing and the world closing in, all eyes are on Jesse. Before he can understand how Norman could leave it all behind, Jesse must confront what it means to stay.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593851494
- ISBN: 0593851498
- Physical Description: 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2026]
- Copyright: ©2026
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- 22 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Harmony Branch Library | F ROWLEY (Text) | 33114024782161 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | F ROWLEY (Text) | 33114024782179 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| Troutman Branch Library | F ROWLEY (Text) | 33114024782153 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Rowley (Text) | 31010000925422 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F ROW (Text) | 39488201042944 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F ROWLE (Text) | 34208900290825 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Bordeaux Library | CMB1998697 (Text) | CMB1998697 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Rowley (Text) | 72350000135712 | Adult New Fiction | Reshelving | - |
| Cliffdale Library | CMB1998697 (Text) | CMB1998698 | Technical Services | In process | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | CMB1998697 (Text) | CMB1998700 | Technical Services | In process | - |
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