"There is no right way to grow up. We all move at our own pace. But there is a specific kind of tension that happens when your life starts to look very different from the people you love. We have all felt that moment at a party where we look around and wonder how we ended up here."
"The story follows six friends who have known each other since their college days at the University of Pennsylvania. The book does something very clever. It doesn't show you every boring day of their lives. Instead, it drops you into five specific parties over twenty years."
"You get to see them as twenty-somethings in cramped East Village apartments. You follow them to expensive destination weddings. Eventually, they end up at fortieth birthday parties and backyard barbecues in the suburbs. We meet Marco, Mia, Sasha, Theo, Richie, and Adam as they navigate new jobs, new cities, and the heavy reality of having children."
"The story asks if a friendship can survive when the people in it become strangers to their younger selves."
Friendship often changes as people grow, and tension can arise when loved ones’ lives look very different. So Old, So Young follows six friends who met in college at the University of Pennsylvania and remain connected over twenty years. The narrative avoids everyday routines and instead places the group into five key parties across time. Scenes move from cramped East Village apartments in their twenties to destination weddings, then to fortieth birthday parties and suburban backyard barbecues. The friends face new jobs, new cities, and the realities of having children. The story centers on whether friendship can endure when individuals become strangers to their younger selves.
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