Chad Harbach’s The Brightness: A Novel follows best friends Pella and Irma as they leave behind their sleepy college town and enter the chaos of the world beyond it. As both women face uncertain futures, they navigate friendship, love, grief, and the unique anxiety of a life that feels wide open, even as hard and irreversible choices start closing in. In Emily Nemens‘ Clutch: A Novel, five women – a close-knit group of friends who have known each other since their days as undergrads – converge in Palm Springs, California, two decades after their college graduation for an overdue reunion. Each seems to be at a crossroads, and all will have to ask themselves: How much space and heart can I give to my friends and family, and what space can I save for myself? In Tom Perrotta’s Ghost Town: A Novel, a middle-aged writer looks back on a series of events that changed his life – and the story he finally has the courage to tell. It’s a tale that reveals how the past haunts the present and the ways our ghosts stay with us, even when we think we’ve left them behind. Moderating is author Andrew Boryga. 

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