Idlewild and the messy edges of

and the messy edges of female friendship

Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living

Six days ago

stunning contrasts

and introduces him to a magical

Idlewild and the messy edges ofNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: Vox * The Paris Review * NPR * Vanity Fair A FINALIST FOR THE L. A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION James Frankie Thomas's Idlewild is a darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel. Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names,