{"product_id":"clutch-a-novel","title":"Clutch: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Lotus with more sincerity and heart. Los Angeles TimesA closeknit group of women navigate midlifes biggest challengesmarriage, career, addictionin this sharp, funny, utterly engrossing novel (Lynn Steger Strong)Named a Best Book by The New York Times Book Review, People, Los Angeles Times, Alta Journal, Bustle, and moreFive friends, twenty years, one reunion trip.As undergrads, Gregg, Reba, Hillary, Bella, and Carson formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promisefriendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain firmly tethered through their everunfurling group chat. Theyve made it through COVID and childbirth and midcareer challenges, but no one can anticipate whats coming down the pike.The five women converge on Palm Springs for a long overdue reunion: Gregg, who has forged a path as a progressive Texas legislator, is facing a huge decision about her political future. Reba, who moved back to the Bay Area after decades away, is deep in IVF treatments while caring for her aging parents and navigating a San Francisco she hardly recognizes. Hillarys medical career in Chicago is going greatbut at home, her husbands struggles with addiction have derailed their life. In New York City, Bella faces the biggest case in her career as a litigator while her home life crumbles around her, and across the river in Brooklyn, Carson is working on a new novel as well as forging a possible relationship with the father shes never met.Twenty years into their shared friendship, the stakes are higher than ever, and they must help one another reconcile professional ambition with personal tumult. Clutch is a big, beautiful, and deeply absorbing novel that asks how much space and heart we can give to our friends and our families, and what space we can save for ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953113317621,"sku":"DADAX1963108663","price":29.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71xAZKPYiFL.jpg?v=1775486206","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/clutch-a-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}