A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of
the Year by The New York Times Book Review The Washington Post People Entertainment Weekly
USA Today TIME The A.V. Club Buzzfeed and PopSugar ?I can't believe how good this book
is.... It's wholly original. It's also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch....
The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and
mesmerizing and funny sentences 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 suddenly caught fire.? ?Taffy
Brodesser-Akner author of Fleishman is in Trouble New York Times Book Review From the New
York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang a moving and uproarious novel about a woman
who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable
ability. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite
boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school 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 and she wants Lillian to be
their caretaker. However there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get
agitated flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is
convinced Madison is pulling her leg but it's the truth. Thinking of her dead-end life at home
the life that has consistently disappointed her Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over
the course of one humid demanding summer Lillian and the twins learn 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 feelings of protectiveness she feels
for them Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as
they need her?urgently and fiercely. Couldn't this be the start of the amazing life she'd
always hoped for? With white-hot wit and a big tender heart Kevin Wilson has written his best
book yet?a most unusual story of parental love.