NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in this 'exceptional, keenly observed meditation on art and love' (People) in a fractured America, by the award-winning author of The Third Rainbow Girl 'Tender, nuanced, and hilarious.'--Oprah Daily 15 LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride--Time A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: People, The Boston Globe, NBC, Them, Autostraddle, Electric Lit, Kirkus Reviews This Random House Book Club edition includes a Q&A with Torrey Peters and a discussion guide. Four housemates, looking for a fifth, the ad read. Queer preferred (we all are). This is how Bernie, a film photographer, meets Leah, a writer, and from opposite sides of a thin bedroom wall in West Philadelphia, the two become closer than they ever could have imagined. When Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie on a road trip to settle a complicated inheritance, what ensues is an unexpected journey into the heart of America as the duo try to make sense of the times
