{"product_id":"reunion-9780063346789","title":"Reunion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice - A \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Masterful storytelling and memorable characters. . . . Elise Juska's best book yet.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eLiz Moore\u003cem\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLong Bright River \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe God of the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I loved this story about the importance of long friendships. . . . A perfectly crafted page-turner.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eMary Beth Keane, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAsk Again, Yes \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Half Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the beloved author of the \"uniquely poignant\" (\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) novel \u003cem\u003eThe Blessings\u003c\/em\u003e comes a gripping story about three friends in their forties forced to reckon with their lives during a college reunion in coastal Maine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons. Single mother Polly hasn't been back to campus in more than twenty years and has no interest in returning--but changes her mind when her struggling teenage son suggests a road trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the reunion isn't what any of them had envisioned. Hope, always upbeat, is no longer able to downplay the pressures of life at home or the cracks in her longstanding friendships. Adam finds himself energized by the memory of his carefree, reckless younger self--which only reminds him how much has changed since those halcyon days. Polly cannot ignore the ghosts of her college years, including a closely guarded secret. When the weekend takes a startling turn, all three find themselves reckoning with the past--and how it will bear on the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully observed and insightful, \u003cem\u003eReunion\u003c\/em\u003e is a page-turning novel about the highs and lows of friendship from a writer at the height of her powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuska, Elise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElise Juska\u003c\/strong\u003e's previous novels include \u003cem\u003eIf We Had Known\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Blessings\u003c\/em\u003e. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eMissouri Review, Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eHudson Review, Electric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. She is the recipient of the Alice Hoffman Prize from \u003cem\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/em\u003e and her work has been cited by the Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize anthologies. She lives with her family outside Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260170862866,"sku":"9780063346789","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd95cae2-2030-45e4-aad3-26113b160810.jpg?v=1746638269","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reunion-9780063346789","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}