This heartfelt debut novel from Kenneth Logan, reminiscent of Love Letters to the Dead and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, explores a muddy landscape of truth and lies and lays bare the sometimes painful but often hopeful work of writing oneโs own authentic story.
If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, theyโd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy.
But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills his drawers with letters to the people in his worldโletters he never intends to sendโhe spills the truth: heโs trying hard, but he just isnโt into Theresa. Itโs his friend, a boy, who lingers in his thoughts.
Jamesโs secret letters are his safe spaceโbut his truth canโt stay hidden for long. Will he come clean to his parents, his teammates, and himself, or is he destined to live a life of fiction?