Kevin Wilson’s Nothing to See Here begins as the story of two young women, Lillian and Madison, in their freshman year of high school at a fancy boarding school in the Tennessee mountains.  Madison is the daughter of a wealthy family; Lillian is a scrappy local kid attending on scholarship.  Despite their differences, they become close friends. The story then moves forward about fifteen years (the book is vague on time, both in terms of the relations of events in the book to each other […]

Best for: People interested in an exploration of what family means, told through an unconventional concept. In a nutshell: Researcher is interested in creating broader supports for families, and so enlists nine couples and one single mother to enroll in the Infinite Family project. Line that sticks with me: “David kissed her quickly, which struck Izzy as something he’d seen work out in a movie. She, on the other hand, hated the presumption that she would change her mind if she only made out with […]