Summary
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college and what it means to finally grow up well after adulthood has set in.
Twenty years later and they were supposed to be grown-ups…
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Summer in the city …
College friends Elizabeth, Zoe and Andrew had a band, grew up, settled in New York and now they were still living round the corner from…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405921565 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405921560 |
| Author: | Emma Straub |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 24mm |
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Hugely talented … if you are looking for some intelligent holiday reading then this is the book for you
** ‘It’s the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible.’ Liane Moriarty
From the New York Times Bestselling author of The Vacationers, Emma Straub brings us a sharply observed tale of modern love…
Twenty years later and they were supposed to be grown-ups…
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
Summer in the city …
College friends Elizabeth, Zoe and Andrew had a band, grew up, settled in New York and now they were still living round the corner from one another (and in each other’s pockets).
One hot summer as their kids come of age, making those first hesitant steps into adulthood, it’s the parents who find that the lives they’ve so carelessly stitched together begin to slowly unravel …
Hugely talented… intelligent holiday reading * Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 *
Smart and entertaining * Stylist *
‘It’s the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible.’ Liane Moriarty **
From the New York Times Bestselling author of The Vacationers, Emma Straub brings us a sharply observed tale of modern love…
Twenty years later and they were supposed to be grown-ups…
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
Summer in the city …
College friends Elizabeth, Zoe and Andrew had a band, grew up, settled in New York and now they were still living round the corner from one another (and in each other’s pockets).
One hot summer as their kids come of age, making those first hesitant steps into adulthood, it’s the parents who find that the lives they’ve so carelessly stitched together begin to slowly unravel …
Hugely talented… intelligent holiday reading * Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 *
Smart and entertaining * Stylist *
Hugely talented … if you are looking for some intelligent holiday reading then this is the book for you
Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters … Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler’s compelling family portraits * The New York Times *
[Modern Lovers] has the smart, cool sensibility of Straub’s other novels, and you’re sure to love this one just as much * Elle *
A funny and insightful look at love and relationships * Good Housekeeping *
About The Author
Emma Straub
Emma Straub is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, All Adults Here and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her books have been published in twenty countries. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.
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