{"product_id":"wild-boys-a-novella-paperback","title":"Wild Boys: A Novella - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita Ciresi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is the wonderful, witty, sometimes rowdy and irreverent coming-of-age story of Christian and Jordan Wild, twin brothers growing up on the campus of the elite girls' school where their father serves as headmaster. The story focuses on their teen years, when their parents' interest in having a third child touches off new anxieties. Christian, the more reserved of the two, narrates the main events of their complex--loving, conspiratorial, inevitably rivalrous--relationship. They are, at times, as unconstrained as any other teens, and the troubles they find lay bare the Wild family's startling yet relatable vulnerabilities, driving Christian himself almost to the breaking point. This story hits us with the force of revelation, showing what matters most in the unpredictable drama of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita Ciresi is author of the novels\u003ci\u003e Bring Back My Body to Me, Blue Italian, Pink Slip, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Remind Me Again Why I Married You;\u003c\/i\u003e the story collections\u003ci\u003e Sometimes I Dream in Italian\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Mother Rocket\u003c\/i\u003e; and the flash fiction collections\u003ci\u003e Female Education\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Second Wife\u003c\/i\u003e. Her awards include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, finalist for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times'\u003c\/i\u003e Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers Series, the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize for the Novel, and the Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Contest. Ciresi has received support from the state arts councils of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida. She has been in residence at the American Academy in Rome, Hawthornden International Writers' Retreat, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Martha's Vineyard Writers Residency, Virginia Center for the Arts, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. She has written the first and final drafts of most of her work at the Ragdale Foundation. She is professor emerita of English at the University of South Florida in Tampa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 7.96 x 5.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741548687581,"sku":"9781950066261","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/NiJ01LLNx9781950066261.webp?v=1789883522","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/wild-boys-a-novella-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}