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Call Number: Fiction / Straub, Emma, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Straub, Emma
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Straub, Emma	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Straub, Emma	4-week checkout	Due 05-04-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Straub, Emma	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Straub, Emma	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Straub, Emma	4-week checkout	Due 03-23-2024

"From the New York Times' bestselling author of The Vacationers, a smart, highly entertaining novel about a tight-knit group of friends from college--their own kids now going to college--and what it means to finally grow up well after adulthood has set in. Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring. Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adult lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose--about themselves, and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them--can never be reclaimed. Straub packs wisdom and insight and humor together in a satisfying book about neighbors and nosiness, ambition and pleasure, the excitement of youth, the shock of middle age, and the fact that our passions--be they food, or friendship, or music--never go away, they just evolve and grow along with us"-- Provided by publisher.

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Nothing redemptive here submitted by laurag8ch on August 27, 2020, 12:25pm This is the story of four parents and 2 kids in two families who are all adrift. The parents are no more mature than the kids.

Not My Taste submitted by robinpollak on July 4, 2023, 5:16pm I have really enjoyed other Emma Straub books but found this one very hard to enjoy. The poor communication and poor relationships among the characters made me cringe. It may be a frank look at how people relate over time, but it highlights awkwardness and imbalance in ways I'd rather avoid in my reading material.