It's been a minute--or five years--since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends\, and twenty-eight years since their graduat ion when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan\, Jordy\, Naomi\, Craig\, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade\, with a ll 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 reun ited in Big Sur to honor a decades-old pact to throw each other living "fu nerals\," celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth living--tha t their lives mean something\, to one another if not to themselves. \;
\nBut this reunion is different. They're not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbled\, to lift Naomi after her par ents died\, or to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This t ime\, Jordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact. \;
\nA deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the peop le who keep us going\, coupled with Steven Rowley's signature humor and he art\, \;The Celebrants \;is a moving tale about the false invincib ility of youth and the beautiful ways in which friendship helps us celebra te our lives\, even amid the deepest challenges of living.
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