About the Book: Four Terrible Parents follows Valentine, a musician determined to build the perfect queer family while holding on to her band and unconventional life. When she inherits a crumbling Southern Gothic hotel from her father, she brings together her partner Linh, bandmate Raul and his partner Banner to renovate it and create a shared family home. But after welcoming their daughter August, tensions and relationships begin to unravel. When August disappears on the hotel’s grand opening night, their dream becomes a nightmare. Stylish, darkly funny and twisty, this contemporary novel explores parenthood, love, power, responsibility and betrayal.