{"product_id":"clutch-9781963108668","title":"Clutch","description":"\u003cb\u003eEmily Nemens's \u003ci\u003eClutch\u003c\/i\u003e follows a group of five friends as they navigate the biggest challenges of their lives, asking: When you're hanging on by your fingernails, how can you extend a hand to the ones you love?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promise--friendship that \u003ci\u003elasts a lifetime\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult. \u003ci\u003eClutch \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Nemens's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cactus League\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and named one of NPR's and Lit Hub's favorite books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBOMB, The Gettysburg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere; her illustrations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand in collaboration with Harvey Pekar. Emily spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and serving as co-editor and prose editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She held the 2022-23 Picador Professorship (University of Leipzig) and teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986441502994,"sku":"9781963108668","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_469acccf-132e-44b6-b8cf-a9871fb103b6.jpg?v=1769592781","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/clutch-9781963108668","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}