Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book!
I really enjoyed this debut novel set in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Told in alternating voices and timelines, this book will take you back to the time where your place in life felt scary and your choices and actions reflect that.
Julia and Evan are a young couple, college sweethearts, who move to NYC for the start of their grown-up life. Evan has a job with a hedge fund and Julia flounders a bit trying to find a job and a place in the city. Evan becomes so involved in work that everything else gets neglected, including Julia, who looks for someone to fill that void.
The plot of the novel - what happens with Evan's job - becomes almost secondary to the feelings that everyone in this novel experience as they are trying to find their way. Kind of a more grown-up coming of age story. While our paths are different, everyone can relate to the struggles of finding oneself and hoping not to lose yourself in the process.
A wonderful debut novel - loved the characters (most of them!) and the feelings it invoked - plus there were definitely life lessons to be learned here.
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