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Our reading recommendation
So Old, So Young
Why we recommend it
So Old, So Young brings together contemporary fiction, friendship, and coming of age again. It is a strong match for readers drawn to love & loss, darkly funny, and book club read.
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Book-club questions
Spoiler note: These prompts are best explored after everyone has finished the book.
- How does organizing the story around five parties change the way we experience twenty years of friendship?
- Which relationships endure because of genuine closeness, and which survive through habit or nostalgia?
- What do the six friends lose—and gain—as they move into middle age?
- Does the novel portray lifelong friendship as a promise, a burden, or an evolving choice?