NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - The masterly debut novel from "an exquisitely astute writer" (The Boston Globe), about growing up in--and out of--the suffocating constraints of small-town America. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD - "Compact and beautiful . . . This novel bordering on a novella punches above its weight."--The New York Times "Very Cold People reminded me of My Brilliant...