{"product_id":"homebound-a-gma-book-club-pick-a-novel-9781668201732","title":"Homebound: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this novel of friendship and hard-won hope, four lives are entangled across time by one story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A joy--at once a gripping mystery that confidently spans centuries, and a hauntingly beautiful exploration of what makes us human...It kept me up all night!\" --Madeline Miller, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSong of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1983 and Becks can't wait to get the hell out of Cincinnati. She's nineteen, blasting her Walkman, and hiding from the fact that her beloved uncle, the only person who understood her, is dead. But she has work to do: he left her a half-finished game to complete--one last collaboration to find her way out of loneliness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Little does she know, what Becks is making will echo far into the future and shape the lives of a scientist, a sentient automaton, and a flinty sea captain in ways she cannot imagine. All are bound together by their search for connection--and by a futuristic traveler on a mysterious mission through space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A novel about our deep interconnectedness, \u003ci\u003eHomebound \u003c\/i\u003eis a clear-eyed, hopeful adventure into humanity's future and capacity for love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Portia Elan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 5.92w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668201732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePortia Elan studied history at Stanford University and earned an MFA from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, before returning to California, where she has worked as a teacher and public librarian. A former Lambda Literary Fellow, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her wife and an abundance of cats. \u003ci\u003eHomebound \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Portia Elan \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48229631492253,"sku":"9781668201732","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e0679767-aad4-49ae-b5a0-e95cf69cebbf.jpg?v=1778576540","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/homebound-a-gma-book-club-pick-a-novel-9781668201732","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}