The Topeka School: A Novel

"This is one of those books that feel impossible to describe. In one sense, it’s pretty mundane: a family in Kansas, the teen on the cusp of college and his psychologist parents. In another sense, it’s about ideas too big to wrap your arms around: love, speech and the countless ways the mind makes and undermines a sense of self. But the truth rests somewhere in between – and, maybe, between is the best description of all. Living on the uneasy boundary between fiction and memoir, humor and dread, affection and hatred, The Topeka School will also claim some valuable real estate between your ears."