"Ed Tarkington is the mastermind behind this tender tale of love and betrayal, politics and social divide. A teenage boy growing up with a single mom in a low-income area of Nashville receives a mysterious scholarship offer to attend an elite private school for boys. Charlie Boykin is now in the midst of the children of billionaires and socialites, and the trajectory of his life is altered forever. The reader is left to ask, 'Was it all worth it?' This is a character-driven novel with a storyline as opulent as the mansions within."
--Damita Nocton, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
