Nothing to See Here

Product Description A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland. 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, New York Times Book ReviewKevin Wilson s best book yet a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities.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. About the Author Kevin Wilson is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Family Fang, named a best book of the year by Time, People, Salon, and Esquire. His story collection, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, received an Alex Award from the American Library Association as well as the Shirley Jackson Award. His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, One Story, and elsewhere. He teaches fiction at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.