**Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize"One of the sharpest and liveliest debuts of the decade . . . wild, raunchy, upsetting, and very much unpredictable."—Gideon Leek, Vulture"Intensely observant and ineffably askew. It's a funny, sad, discomfiting, unabashedly weird book that I inhaled and haven't managed to stop thinking about yet."**—Colin Dwyer, NPRIn Avigayl Sharp’s brilliant and bold debut novel,...

From the critically acclaimed author of Offseason comes a wildly brilliant debut story collection with a sick sense of humor and a deep respect for the eccentric.A thirteen-year-old girl falls in love with her dentist; an adult woman moves back home and must share a bedroom with her father; two friends reconnect and visit their disgraced high school teacher. The familiar world is twisted inside out in Avigayl Sharp’s mischievous, stylish, and beautifully b...