Deep Down Iola: A Novel About a Young Woman with a Bizarre Gift

"Mehlman's droll satire follows a teenager with an extraordinary gift who tries to forge her own future—much to the universe's chagrin…A witty and profound story of self-discovery." Kirkus Reviews

Iola Dyson, 17, has a bizarre gift for talking depressed classmates off the roof. Literally.

At her boarding school, whenever a student is spotted on the ledge of Flyer Hall, threatening to plunge to their death, no one calls the campus police. They call Iola, who dashes immediately to the scene. Po...