“Waiting On” Wednesday: Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.
This is my first time participating and I’m happy to report that the upcoming release I’m most eagerly anticipating is actually coming out next week!
Modern Lovers
By Emma Straub
Publication Date: May 31, 2016
From Amazon:
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.
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.
This one just sounds like it’s going to be such a fun read and one that I can really relate to so I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!
What books are you waiting on this Wednesday?
Sounds like an interesting book. Thanks so much for spotlighting it today!
Happy Reading! Dani @ Paulette’s Papers
Hi Dani, thanks so much for stopping by my blog. My apologies for the delayed response – my spam filter gobbled up your comment and I just saw it tonight. I just purchased Modern Lovers over the weekend so I’m really looking forward to diving into it as soon as possible 🙂