HBC Book: Hero of This Book...

The Hero of This Book: A Novel by Elizabeth McCracken was named a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and People. Also named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, New Yorker, Chicago Public Library, NPR, Oprah Daily, and the Philadelphia Enquirer. 

This novel is a "taut, groundbreaking, and highly acclaimed novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken; about a writer's relationship with her larger-than-life mother and the very nature of writing, memory, and art ten months after her mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book takes a trip to London. The city was a favorite of her mother's, and as the narrator wanders the streets, she finds herself reflecting on her mother's life and their relationship..."