{"product_id":"macgregor-tells-the-world-9781400062256","title":"MacGregor Tells the World","description":"The highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStop That Girl \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a masterfully plotted debut novel-at once a mystery of identity, sly literary satire, and coming-of age story-capturing a young man's impossible and heroic first love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-two-year-old MacGregor West, orphaned as a boy, is on a quest: to understand the circumstances of his mother's untimely death. On a foggy San Francisco evening, guided by an old stack of envelopes, Mac finds himself at the mansion of cultural icon Charles Ware, where he encounters the writer's beautiful and enigmatic daughter, Carolyn, trapped in a fold-up bed. Upon freeing her, Mac plunges headlong into the world of the eccentric Ware family and a love affair with a woman whose murky history may be closely linked to his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacGregor Tells the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant and often hilarious ride through present-day San Francisco, a city brimming with memorable characters who help Mac discover just what story is his to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Elizabeth McKenzie's \u003ci\u003eStop That Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elizabeth McKenzie is an accomplished humorist and a developed stylist, and she wastes no time dazzling the reader with her clean direct language, her simple but searing use of metaphor and her unflinching eye.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Single-handedly reinvigorate s] the coming-of-age genre. . . . Here is a writer to watch, and a book to breeze through with glee.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400062256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth McKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599630373045,"sku":"9781400062256","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c357e0f0-9c5b-4b48-b3d2-ef352d5a32cf.jpg?v=1673999145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/macgregor-tells-the-world-9781400062256","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}