{"product_id":"mad-eden-9780374620158","title":"Mad Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA story that is dazzling and devastating, tender and unflinching . . . Sentence by sentence, \u003ci\u003eMad Eden \u003c\/i\u003eremakes the world as it tells it.\" --Morgan Talty, author of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFire Exit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMad Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is utterly gorgeous--with so many sentences I wanted to underline--and feels utterly essential at this moment when so many of us are feeling lost.\" --Charlie Jane Anders, author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Magic and Disaster \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAll the Birds in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a pathbreaking writer, a thrilling, form-bending novel about a trans healthcare worker whose carefully built life is suddenly imperiled. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRo and Liam live in a ramshackle cabin in a secluded stretch of Florida. Neither their home nor their sometimes-tumultuous relationship is what the world would call perfect, but to Ro--newly diagnosed with autism and working as a patient navigator for people seeking gender-affirming care--their life, despite the deeply inhospitable political climate, is a kind of paradise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's hard to pinpoint exactly what shatters their peace. There's Quentin, the unpredictable teenager for whom Liam and Ro are quasi-parents, who visits on his way to college, where he plans to finally start T. There's the appearance of \"Mad Eden,\" an online fantasy serial about heroic dragon riders that increasingly becomes Ro's obsession. And then there's a seemingly innocuous patient video call that results in consequences both unexpected and grave. This triad of circumstances sends Liam's and Ro's world spinning toward disaster--unless Ro can become the real-life hero their situation demands without betraying who they are and who they love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith colossal heart and preternatural skill, Morgan Thomas crafts a deliciously destabilizing debut novel that challenges us to confront and reinvent questions of language, sex, prejudice, identity, and the shifting scales of morality. Playing with the possible relationship between autism and time to forge an ingenious new kind of storytelling, \u003ci\u003eMad Eden\u003c\/i\u003e imagines, with exhilarating courage, how we might yet joyfully live in a precarious world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MCD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.66w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374620158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eManywhere\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the PEN\/Bingham Prize, the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Lambda Literary Prize for Transgender Fiction, and the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. Their writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of the University of Oregon MFA program, they have also received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Morgan Thomas \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397162643613,"sku":"9780374620158","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8455a10e-4e8e-492b-b8b2-b097a3732b8e.jpg?v=1781074660","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mad-eden-9780374620158","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}