The Celebrants
(Libby/OverDrive eAudiobook)
Author
Contributors
Rowley, Steven Author, Narrator
Published
Books on Tape , 2023.
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Description
New York Times BestsellerA TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club PickA Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation from Berkeley when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Though not for a lack of trying. Over the years they’ve reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old pact to throw each other living “funerals,” celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth living—that their lives mean something, to one another if not to themselves.But this reunion is different. They’re not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbled, to lift Naomi after her parents died, or to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This time, Jordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact.A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us going, coupled with Steven Rowley’s signature humor and heart, The Celebrants is a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebrate our lives, even amid the deepest challenges of living.
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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
05/30/2023
Language
English
ISBN
9780593741207
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rowley, S. (2023). The Celebrants (Unabridged). Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rowley, Steven. 2023. The Celebrants. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rowley, Steven. The Celebrants Books on Tape, 2023.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Rowley, S. (2023). The celebrants. Unabridged Books on Tape.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rowley, Steven. The Celebrants Unabridged, Books on Tape, 2023.
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