"White Lotus with more sincerity and heart." --Los Angeles Times <p/>"This story casts a smart, sociological eye on ambitious American women's experiences while also being a compulsive page-turner."
--The Atlantic <p/>A close-knit group of women navigate mid-life's biggest challenges--marriage, career, addiction--in this "sharp, funny, utterly engrossing" novel (Lynn Steger Strong) <p/>Named a Best Book by The New York Times Book Review, People, Los Angeles Times, Alta Journal, Bustle, and more <p/>Five friends, twenty years, one reunion trip.
As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promise--friendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly tethered through their ever-unfurling group chat. They've made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one can anticipate what's coming down the pike. <p/>The five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion: Gregg, who has forged a path as a progressive Texas legislator, is facing a huge decision about her political future. Reba, who moved back to the Bay Area after decades away, is deep in IVF treatments while caring for her aging parents and navigating a San Francisco she hardly recognizes. Hillary's medical career in Chicago 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. <p/>Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult. Clutch is a big, beautiful, and deeply absorbing novel that asks how much space and heart we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.
