{"product_id":"the-hitch-9780802165923","title":"The Hitch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Pick * A \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Month * An NPR Book of the Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Winningly zany . . . [Levine's] commitment to boinging around the loopy little world she's built is total. Only a killjoy would refuse to join her.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the cult classic \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island!!!\u003c\/i\u003e, a delightfully unhinged comedy following a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously rational world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Levine debuted with her outrageously original and unforgettable novel \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island!!!\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a cult classic and bookseller favorite. With the ferocious absurdity of Rachel Yoder's \u003ci\u003eNightbitch \u003c\/i\u003eand the inventive comedy of Kevin Wilson's \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e, Levine's highly anticipated second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitch\u003c\/i\u003e, follows a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously rational world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an antiracist, secular Jewish feminist eco-warrior, Rose Cutler is convinced she knows the right way to do everything, including parent her six-year-old nephew Nathan. When his parents reluctantly agree to let Rose babysit him while they go on a vacation designed to save their marriage, she is determined to follow their rules and not overstep. But on her first day with Nathan, Rose's beloved Newfoundland attacks and kills a corgi at the park and Nathan starts acting strangely: barking, overeating, talking to himself. Rose believes this is how Nathan's child imagination is coping with the dog's death, but Nathan insists the dog isn't dead; her soul leaped into his body, and now she's living inside him. With only a week left before his parents return, Rose races to ban-ish the corgi from her nephew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn off-kilter comedy about loneliness, bad boundaries, and the exacting nature of unconditional love, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitch\u003c\/i\u003e is a big-hearted novel that exposes the fault lines of our pieties and asks how far a person should stretch to fit into their own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roxane Gay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/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 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802165923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island!!! \u003c\/i\u003eand the short story collection \u003ci\u003eShort Dark Oracles\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays, stories, and aphorisms have appeared in various magazines including \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNerve\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSonora Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives in Chicago, IL.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sara Levine \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47674870202525,"sku":"9780802165923","price":46.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5af347a9-68a3-47df-b9a5-ee499977704c.jpg?v=1771915152","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-hitch-9780802165923","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}