Life After Genius - M.Ann Jacoby

Now in trade paperback, LIFE AFTER GENIUS is the story of a young math prodigy who leaves college on the brink of graduation, and returns home to confront the ghosts of his past and learn some surprising truths about the nature of failure and success. Part Good Will Hunting, part Anne Tyler, and part Six Feet Under, LIFE AFTER GENIUS is the story of a cocky young man waking up from a sheltered childhood to learn that there is more to success than straight A's.