Critical Praise

"Penetrates that most mysterious and dangerous of places: adolescence."

——Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

"Thought-provoking … Deborah Digges offers a kind of mythological account of her son's rebellion"

——The New York Times Book Review

"Deborah Digges's beautifully written, lucid memoir about raising a badass son on her own is impressively devoid of any poor-me sentiment"

——Esquire

"What makes this book so terribly fascinating is its honesty and Digges's refusal to consider her son bad or worthless."

——USA Today