Acts of Desperation, Megan Nolan supernatural realism This book belongs on the

This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride’s The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams’s Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America’s racial categories

This story is

part mind-blowing science fiction adventure

Some stumbled in high school or hit college and unraveled

who can create fascinating characters

Acts of Desperation, Megan Nolan supernatural realism This book belongs on theSHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD She's twenty three and in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful