At once an offbeat love story, a moving portrait of a family in
crisis, and a darkly funny American comedy, Kyle Beachy's arresting
debut novel--written in prose that is swift, stunning, and
sweet--heralds the arrival of a remarkable new voice in fiction.
Potter Mays retreats immediately after college graduation to the
safe house of his childhood home. Like clockwork each morning, his
mother makes him eggs, lovingly fried into hollowed-out pieces of
toast. His father, in the midst of a campaign to revitalize
downtown St. Louis, promises to "poke around" for gainful
employment for his son. Potter's best friend, Stuart--an
"Independent Thought Contractor" working out of his parents' lavish
pool house--is willing to serve as a kind of life coach, provided,
of course, that Potter pays for his services all summer.
However...
Altogether elsewhere, Potter's (former? future?) girlfriend,
Audrey, is backpacking around Europe with her beautiful bisexual
traveling companion, Carmel. Potter was not invited, and getting a
good night's sleep has recently become an issue for him.
As enigmatic packages arrive from Audrey, the refuge of life at
home soon proves illusory. Potter's parents are oddly never in the
same room together, the neighbor girl is looking quite adult, and
Stuart's much-needed counseling service is subcontracted to a
third-party denizen of the pool house with an agenda all his own.
And just what are those noises coming from the attic?
Kyle Beachy has woven a uniquely affecting story of the long and
hard, then quick and hard, struggle to grow up.
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