When We Grow Up
A Novel
Angelica Baker
- For
- fans
- of
- Fleishman
- is
- in
- Trouble
- and
- Such
- a
- Fun
- Age,
- an
- electrifying
- novel
- about
- six
- longtime
- friends
- whose
- tropical
- vacation
- is
- interrupted
- by
- an
- unexpected
- crisis,
- forcing
- them
- to
- ask
- how
- strong
- their
- bonds
- really
- areClare
- is
- supposed
- to
- be
- the
- grown-up
- one.
- Married
- to
- the
- love
- of
- her
- life,
- with
- a
- major
- deal
- for
- her
- first
- novel,
- she
- has
- everything
- she
- thought
- she
- wanted.
- So
- then
- why
- does
- it
- all
- feel
- so
- wrong?
- When
- she
- agrees
- to
- a
- weeklong
- vacation
- with
- five
- of
- her
- oldest
- friends,
- she
- is
- hoping
- for
- an
- escape
- with
- the
- people
- who
- know
- her
- best.
- There
- is
- Jessie,
- who
- won’t
- stop
- talking
- about
- her
- new
- boyfriend;
- Mac,
- trying
- to
- pretend
- he
- hasn’t
- outgrown
- the
- group;
- Kyle,
- the
- eternal
- peacemaker;
- and
- Renzo,
- who
- brought
- them
- all
- together
- but
- keeps
- picking
- fights.
- And
- then,
- of
- course,
- there’s
- Liam,
- the
- guy
- Clare
- has
- barely
- seen
- since
- high
- school
- but
- somehow
- can’t
- get
- out
- of
- her
- head—or
- her
- bed.But
- when
- a
- terrifying
- news
- alert
- shatters
- their
- peace,
- it
- becomes
- harder
- to
- ignore
- how
- much
- the
- world
- has
- changed
- since
- they
- were
- teenagers.
- As
- the
- resentments
- and
- tensions
- that
- have
- always
- simmered
- just
- beneath
- the
- surface
- begin
- to
- boil,
- Clare
- must
- ask
- if
- their
- shared
- history
- is
- enough
- to
- sustain
- their
- friendships,
- or
- if
- growing
- up
- might
- mean
- letting
- go.With
- crackling
- wit
- and
- emotional
- fearlessness,
- When
- We
- Grow
- Up
- is
- a
- provocative
- portrait
- of
- friendship
- in
- a
- world
- that
- feels
- ever
- more
- unrecognizable
- and
- a
- searing
- exploration
- of
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- a
- good person.
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