Wilson's ambition alone is exciting. . . . [His] writing has a
Houdini-like perfection, wherein no matter how grim the variables, each
lovely sentence manages to escape with all its parts intact." --Boston
Globe
The eagerly-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller
The Family Fang--a warm-hearted and moving story about a young woman
making a family on her own terms.
When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high
school, pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own.
Izzy knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives
to help, she's left searching.
Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming child psychologist, has spent his life
studying family, even after tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help
of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a "perfect
little world"--to study what would happen when ten children are raised
collectively, without knowing who their biological parents are. He calls
it The Infinite Family Project and he wants Izzy and her son to join.
This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising, but soon the
gentle equilibrium among the families disintegrates: unspoken
resentments between the couples begin to fester; the project's funding
becomes tenuous; and Izzy's growing feelings for Dr. Grind make her
question her participation in this strange experiment in the first
place.
Written with the same compassion and charm that won over legions of
readers with The Family Fang, Kevin Wilson shows us with grace and
humor that the best families are the ones we make for ourselves.
