by Grant Ginder
First published 2026
Marco stands in his East Village apartment, watching his college friends arrive for another party. Twenty years stretch ahead of him and his five closest companions: Mia, Sasha, Theo, Richie, and Adam. They believe their bond will survive anything. The six friends gather at five parties across two decades. They celebrate at disastrous destination weddings and fortieth birthday bashes. They meet in suburban backyards for barbecues that feel nothing like their old apartment gatherings. Jobs change, cities change, spouses arrive, children are born. Through each transition, the friends discover that time reshapes even the strongest connections. Marco watches relationships shift between love and disappointment, loyalty and distance. The group faces moments that test everything they assumed about friendship. Some bonds deepen while others fracture under the weight of different choices and competing priorities. As the friends move through millennial middle age, they learn that love can stumble and grow beyond what any of them imagined in college.
Genres: fiction, friendship, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, friends-to-lovers
Setting: East Village, New York
Period: 20 Years
384 pages · Paperback · Gallery/Scout Press