author of Just the Nicest Couple
A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction in 2020
We live in an epidemic of anxiety
No one thought much about what had happened to the twenty-four-year-old: she was a Craigslist escort who had been fleeing a scene—of what
Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations by Ron Fournier (Hardcover) Yaa Gyasi author of Just the Nicest"[A]n eloquent, brave, big hearted bookabout the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon. James Fallows, The Atlantic Love That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for our childrenpopularity, normalcy, achievement, geniusand what they truly needgrit, empathy, characterare explored by National Journals Ron Fournier, who weaves his extraordinary