So Old, So Young: A Novel

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So Old, So Young is a story of romantic love, professional jealousy, misplaced longing, andabove allthe gift of lifelong friendship. You will laugh on every page, except for when you find yourself moved to tears. Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

Six Friends.
Five Parties.
Twenty Years
How did we get So Old, So Young

From Grant Ginder, the bestselling author of The People We Hate at the Wedding, comes a novel of impending millennial middle age that is part love story, part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of two decades bring six college friends together, exploring the ways we can run from and cling to our friends in love, life, and death.

For Marco and Mia, Sasha and Theo, Richie and Adam, the one constant in life after college together has been change. New jobs. New cities. New spouses. New children. Through it all, one thing they thought would always stay the same is their friendship. But time has a way of breaking even the strongest bonds and testing what we thought we knew.

From East Village apartment parties and disastrous destination weddings to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues, Grant Ginders resonant, funny, and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of the millennial generation, and a celebration of how love can shift, stumble, and grow into something bigger than we ever could have imagined.

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"Ginder writes with the clarity of a surgeon, but the spiritualgenerosity of a sage. You will see your own youth caught in all its beauty and awkwardness, scream in recognition and embarrassment, then cry with the relief and grace of being seen. Propulsive and engrossing,So Old, So Youngis a delight and a triumph." -- Rufi Thorpe, nationally bestselling author ofMargos Got Money Troubles
A resonant exploration of platonic love and what it takes to grow up and grow together.Ginder writes about friendship with his signature wit and insighthis characters are smart, messy, gloriously flawed, and laugh-out-loud funny.So Old, So Youngis as sharp as it is tender. -- Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author ofBlue Sisters
Heartbreaking, heartwarming and oh, so very true: with So Old, So Young, Grant Ginder has delivered a pitch perfect tribute to the powers (and perils) of long-lasting friendship. Party by party, year by year, we watch a group of college friends do the inevitable hard work of growing up. These characters and their lives are fresh, and yet their story is universal. Ginder will make you smile, cry and pick up the phone and call your oldest friend. -- Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"Ginder writes with the clarity of a surgeon, but the spiritualgenerosity of a sage. You will see your own youth caught in all its beauty and awkwardness, scream in recognition and embarrassment, then cry with the relief and grace of being seen. Propulsive and engrossing,So Old, So Youngis a delight and a triumph." -- Rufi Thorpe, nationally bestselling author ofMargos Got Money Troubles
Sharp, funny and profound. Ginder at his best. -- Rebecca Serle, New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years
A sensational novel that follows a group of friends from the salad days of college through the thorny years of middle age, So Old, So Youngis a story of romantic love, professional jealousy, misplaced longing, andabove allthe gift of lifelong friendship. You will laugh on every page, except for when you find yourself moved to tears. -- Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street
"Im obsessed with this book! So Old, So Young follows a group of college friends over decades as they grow up and grow apart, perfectly capturing the splits, spats, and celebrations that occur over the years. These characters are so vivid and real that by the end of the book they felt like my friendsand I missed them badly as soon as I turned the last page. Grant Ginder is extraordinarily talented at examining the absurdity and joys of friendship and love, of making you laugh while he breaks your heart, and this is without a doubt his best book yethonest, witty, and just so damn funny!" -- Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses
Here it is: the friend-ensemble novel of our age. Grant Ginder delivers his trademark wit alongside gut-punches of emotional truth, earning So Old, So Young a spot next to classic predecessors such as McCarthys The Group and Wolitzers The Interestings as well as its own place of literary honor. -- Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

Author Bio

Grant Ginder is the author of five novels, including Lets Not Do That Again and The People We Hate at the Wedding, now a major motion picture starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. Originally from Southern California, Ginder received his MFA from New York University, where he teaches writing.