Our Beautiful Boys

Timely and timeless ... Carefully plays with assumptions, expectations and subversions ... Pandya presents flawed but understandable people trying to navigate a murky situation with high stakes: the futures of these boys. The second thing that stands out is Pandya's gorgeous yet understated storytelling ... Above all else, Our Beautiful Boys is a book about the lies we knowingly or unwittingly tell ourselves. This is a book that highlights how we internalize and project certain perceptions, and what we're willing to do and say so we can feel accepted ... I was reminded with every twist and turn in this story – and they are plentiful – that each of us is a cave of our own