Gifted and Talented A Novel

Fiction. LGBT Studies. "Julia Watts breaks into the mainstream with a trip to planet parenthood in her latest novel, GIFTED AND TALENTED. Provocatively focusing her gimlet eye on the old Nature vs. Nurture question, Watts' comedic flair also hits pay dirt that as rich as the Appalachian soil."—Robin Lippincott "GIFTED AND TALENTED slyly considers the definition of sanity in the context of gifted education for children. Cheerfully irreverent and broadly empathetic, this page turner is an extraordinary combination of brilliant comedy and cautionary tale. Characters are too rich, thin, poor, smart, New Age, religious, and driven, yet it's the steady alternative families who exhibit wisdom and live life so lustily it creates envy in the reader. Should third graders be asked to perform to such impossible standards? Anyone who has been there and done that will nod in recognition while appreciating the devilishly good prose of the very gifted and talented Ms. Watts."—Lynn Pruett