Make Believe: A Novel - Softcover

"Gripping . . . Scott keeps the narrative tension high throughout."--Starr E. Smith, Library Journal "A risk-taking book . . . Scott just keeps getting better."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Joanna Scott is the absolute cream of our generation."--David Foster Wallace,

"This is a compelling story that will leave readers haunted by Scott's powerful moral vision." -- Publishers' Weekly When four-year-old Bo is orphaned in the car accident that kills his mother, he becomes the focus of a fierce custody struggle and flees into himself--away from the sea of strangers--where he inhabits an eerie inner landscape. The world of "make believe" into which we are drawn in this remarkable novel--hailed for both its lyrical prose and its profound dramatic and emotional intensity--is the world of four-year-old Bo, cast adrift in a sea of strangers as he becomes the focus of a fierce custody battle between two sets of grandparents, one black and one white.