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“I can’t believe how good this book is certainly…. It’s wholly initial. It’s also perfect…. Wilson writes with such a light contact…. The brilliance of the novel [can be] that it distracts you with these weirdo people and mesmerizing and funny phrases and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve abruptly caught open fire.” -Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York about Nothing to See Here Times Book Review

Kevin Wilson’s best book yet-a shifting and uproarious novel about a female who finds meaning in her existence when she starts caring for two children with exceptional and disturbing abilities.

Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the institution unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help.

Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family members and she desires Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a capture: the twins spontaneously combust if they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is usually convinced Madison is usually pulling her leg, but it is the truth.

Thinking about her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian numbers she has nil to lose. Over the course of one humid, challenging summer, Lillian as well as the twins figure out how to trust each other-and stay cool-while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense emotions of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she requirements these strange children as much as they want her-urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this become the start of the amazing lifestyle she’d always wished for?

With white-hot wit and a large, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best reserve yet-a most unusual story of parental like.