A Most Anticipated Novel of 2026 by Time Town & Country Bustle Zibby Media & B&N Reads •
February Book Club Pick by Good Housekeeping “Grant Ginder has written The Big Chill of our
times…and possibly done an even better job. So Old So Young is a triumph. I will never forget
these characters.” —Elin Hilderbrand “ So Old So Young is a story of romantic love
professional jealousy misplaced longing and—above all—the gift of lifelong friendship. You
will laugh on every page except for when you find yourself moved to tears.” —Jenny Jackson
New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street Six Friends. Five Parties. Twenty
Years… How did we get So Old So Young ? From Grant Ginder the bestselling author of The
People We Hate at the Wedding comes a generation-defining novel that is part love story part
tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of twenty years bring six college friends together
exploring the ways we run from and cling to our friends in love life and death. For Marco
and Mia Sasha and Theo Richie and Adam the one constant in life after college together has
been change. New jobs. New cities. New spouses. New children. Through it all one thing they
thought would always stay the same is their friendship. But time has a way of breaking even
the strongest bonds and testing what we thought we knew. From East Village apartment parties
and disastrous destination weddings to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues
Grant Ginder’s resonant funny and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of
the Millennial generation and a celebration of how love can shift stumble and grow into
something bigger than we ever could have imagined.
