{"product_id":"clutch-9780008844875","title":"Clutch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Heartwarming yet bittersweet… Wonderful on the power of friendship and how it’s your friends who know you best’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A truly great millennial novel’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003enewsletter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A big, beautiful novel about what friendship means as we get older’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLitHub \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A truly great millennial novel’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003enewsletter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A big, beautiful novel about what friendship means as we get older’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLitHub \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A bracingly honest and exhilarating novel' \u003cstrong\u003eKimberly King Parsons, author of \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Universe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A big-hearted and daring novel from one of our finest creative and critical minds’ \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Escoffery, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eIf I Survive You \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A powerfully intimate portrait of female friendship’ \u003cstrong\u003eKimberly King Parsons, author of \u003cem\u003eWe Were the Universe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWhite Lotus \u003c\/em\u003ewith more sincerity and heart’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that university brochures promise – friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly linked through their ever-active group chat. They’ve made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one can anticipate what’s coming next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion: Gregg, a progressive Texas legislator, is facing a huge decision about her political future. Reba is deep in IVF treatments while caring for her aging parents and navigating a San Francisco she hardly recognizes. Hillary’s medical career is going great – but at home, her husband’s struggles with addiction have derailed their life. In New York City, Bella faces the biggest case in her career as a litigator while her home life crumbles around her, and across the river in Brooklyn, Carson is working on a new novel as well as forging a possible relationship with the father she’s never met.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever. With wit, empathy and heart, \u003cem\u003eClutch\u003c\/em\u003e asks how much we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008844875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)x3.4(W)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEmily Nemens's first novel, The Cactus League, was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. From 2018 to 2021, she edited The Paris Review, winning the American Society of Magazine Editors' Award for Fiction, and producing the second season of the journal's acclaimed podcast. As an illustrator, she has collaborated with Harvey Pekar and published her work in The New Yorker; her watercolor portraits of every woman in congress were featured across the web and on national TV. 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