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Named a Best Book of 2016 by Esquire, Refinery29, and Nylon

One of Bustle’s 17 Of 2016’s Most Anticipated Books To Put On Your Wishlist Immediately

One of the Wall Street Journal’s Ten Titles to Watch in Summer Fiction

An Amazon Editors’ Beach Reads pick

One of Newsday’s Best Summer Books 2016

One of PopSugar’s 31 Books You MUST Put in your Beach Bag

A Miami Herald summer reads pick

“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 uncertainties of their twenties and the realities of their thirties.

Once, Sarah and Lauren were inseparable; for a long a time now, they’ve been apart. Can two women who rarely see one other, selectively share secrets, and lead different lives still call themselves best friends? Is it their abiding connection—or just force of habit—that keeps them together?

With impeccable style, biting humor, and a keen sense of detail, Rumaan Alam deftly explores how the attachments we form in childhood shift as we adapt to our adult lives—and how the bonds of friendship endure, even when our paths diverge.

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Sarah talks too loud. It’s a problem.
Usually, Lauren tries to correct for the pitch of Sarah’s voice
by whispering. It never works. This has been going on for years. “I mean, when is the last time I even saw you?” Sarah ges-
tures around the restaurant, wineglass in hand like a scepter in a queen’s. The Gewurztraminer sloshes close to the rim of the paper-thin glass but doesn’t spill.
“I saw you . . .” Lauren can’t remember. Two weeks, maybe three? Maybe twenty days. Possibly a month. A month doesn’t seem so long. A lot happens in a month. They’re busy, they’re adults, it is what it is. She shrugs. ... view entire excerpt...

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