This summer: a new coming-of-age story set in 1974 from the acclaimed author of The Genealogy of Understanding. Jake has often been told by his religious family that is a yeled tov, a good Jewish boy. They constantly urge him to succeed at schoolwork, encourage him to pray, and are proud of him. Yet everyone in Jake's life is unaware how he daydreams about touching the sweaty skin of other boys. God however knows; he speaks to Jake often...or, at least, Jakes imagines God chiding him for his sinful thoughts about his best friend or the handsome actor in the high school play. Jake wants to be the yeled tov everyone believes him to be, but the pressure to be pios and lead a life his family wants may not be a matter of faith but denial.