Mead is days away from graduating college when he flees to his home. There he gets nothing but anger and nagging from his mother who doesn't understand why her son won't accept that a fact that he is a genius and can be so much more than his own father and his uncle, both furniture dealers and undertakers in the family business passed down to them. His uncle loathes him and blames him for the tragedy that has befallen his wife and himself. His dad is as distant as ever, but this time it's not obliviousness that's causing it.
When he comes back to town, he's Teddy again to everyone no matter how much he wishes to remain Mead. Then there's Herman, the reason he left the school in the first place and who has followed him back to his hometown but nobody sees him but Mead. Is Mead losing it?

I really enjoyed this book, and it was nice in that I could just walk away from the book and pick it back up the next day to read more without rushing to finish it. It was great to be intrigued but be able to pace myself and read it at a leisurely place. The plot line was rife with twists and turns unexpected, the characters were vividly written and the story as a whole was extremely satisfying. I think this would be a great one for the Manly Reads