



Working from home in the close quarters of their Florida house, she lives with one wary eye peeled on Samson, a sullen, unknowable boy who resists her every attempt to bond with him. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, VOGUE, MARIE CLAIRE, READER'S DIGEST, AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING "A gripping read.Unabashedly queer, probing and unafraid.Exceedingly engaging." - USA Today "Sublimely weird, fluently paced, brazenly funny and gayer still, and it richly deserves to find readers." - New York Times From the author of the New York Times- bestselling sensation Mostly Dead Things : a surprising and moving story of two mothers, one difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood, and love If she's being honest, Sammie Lucas is scared of her son.
