{"product_id":"macgregor-tells-the-world-paperback","title":"MacGregor Tells the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the collection \u003ci\u003eStop That Girl, \u003c\/i\u003eshort-listed for the Story Prize. and the novel \u003ci\u003eMacGregor Tells the World, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the year. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest American Nonrequired Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses\u003c\/i\u003e anthology, and has been recorded for NPR's \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e. She was an NEA Japan US-Friendship Commission Fellow in 2010. McKenzie received her MA from Stanford, was an assistant fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and currently teaches creative writing at Stanford Continuing Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.98 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258558234873,"sku":"9781400062256","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/smc1JY68Bw9781400062256.webp?v=1768760453","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/macgregor-tells-the-world-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}