num_pages: 368
description: Dan Josefson is a writer of astounding promise a . . . a bold funny mordant and deeply intelligent debut.  David Foster Wallace  author of Infinite JestWINNER OF THE 2015 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTIONNew York Times Editors Choice Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly his parents are gone and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. Sixteen years old a two-time failed suicide Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of morning meds popped privileges candor meetings and cartoon brunchesall run by adults who themselves have yet to really come of age. The only person who comprehends the school's many rules and rituals is Aubrey the founder and headmaster. Fragile brilliant and prone to rage he is as likely to use his authority to reward students as to punish them. But when Aubrey falls ill life at the school begins to unravel. Benjamin has no one to rely on but the other students especially Tidbit an intriguing but untrustworthy girl with a self-afflicting personality. More and more Benjamin thinks about running away from Roaring Orchardsbut he feels an equal need to know just what it is he would be leaving behind.
language: English
title: That's Not a Feeling
publisher: Soho Press