The Celebrants: A Read with Jenna Pick

New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick A Big Chill for our times,celebrating decades-long friendships and promisesΓÇöespecially to ourselvesΓÇöby the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. ItΓÇÖs been a minuteΓÇöor five yearsΓÇösince Jordan Vargas last saw his college friendsand twenty-eight years since their graduation from Berkeley when their adult lives officially began. Now JordanJordyNaomiCraigand Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decadewith all the responsibilities of adulthoodyet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years theyΓÇÖve reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old pact to throw each other living ΓÇ£funeralsΓÇ¥ celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth livingΓÇöthat their lives mean somethingto one another if not to themselves. But this reunion is different. TheyΓÇÖre not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbledto lift Naomi after her parents diedor to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This timeJordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact. A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us goingcoupled with Steven RowleyΓÇÖs signature humor and heartThe Celebrants is a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebrate our liveseven amid the deepest challenges of living.