"A sparkling debut." (People)

"The perfect summer read... pitch perfect and wise" (Elle)

"Smart, sharp, and beautifully made, Rumaan Alam's portrait of two childhood best friends transitioning into their adult lives is vividly rendered, set against a tantalizing background of moneyed New York City that is impossible to resist." (Emma Straub, author of The Vacationers)

As close as sisters for twenty years, Sarah and Lauren have been together through high school and college, first jobs and first loves, the...

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Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction)

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A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to...