The tenth anniversary edition of a book that is still as audaciously
brilliant as it was on first read, plumbing the depths of the cruel
rhapsody of obsessive love, the pain of feeling different, and the deep
pleasure of finally figuring out who you really are, and who you want to
be (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel
Beautiful World)
Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller: growing up
vegetarian in a family of bodybuilders will do that to a person. But
William is further weakened by the death of his mother, the arrival of a
new step-mother, and his irrepressible crush on his new step-sister,
Lulu. As Lulu faces down her own challenges, William watches his life
shift into tumult and despair. Once Lulu departs for college, Will goes
into the world to find himself--discovering Western philosophy, a cruel
dating world, enduring friendship, and, ultimately, his true calling.
Emboldened by his turn as a late-night radio personality, Will rescues
himself from the self-image of weakness he'd long wished to escape. This
debut novel explores the fundamental difference between where we come
from--and the endless possibilities of where we may go.
Now with an author's introduction and a foreword by J. Ryan Stadal.