When We Grow Up

When We Grow Up – A Sharp & Emotionally Charged Novel About Friendship, Change & Growing Pains

🌴✨ A Tropical Getaway, Old Friends, and the Cracks Beneath the Surface ✨🌴

For fans of Fleishman Is in Trouble and Such a Fun Age, When We Grow Up is a razor-sharp, emotionally fearless novel that explores the complexities of friendship, identity, and what it means to truly grow up.

📖 Clare has it all—a dream marriage, a major book deal, and the life she always imagined. But if everything is so perfect, why does it feel so wrong? Hoping to escape her spiraling doubts, she agrees to a weeklong trip to Hawai'i with five of her oldest friends—Jessie, Mac, Kyle, Renzo, and Liam, the one she can't seem to forget.

💥 But paradise doesn’t last forever. When a shocking news alert disrupts their vacation, old tensions and long-buried resentments boil to the surface. As they all approach thirty, Clare and her friends must confront who they were, who they’ve become, and whether their bonds can survive the realities of adulthood.

🔍 A witty, unflinching portrait of modern friendships in an uncertain world, When We Grow Up is an unforgettable novel about love, loyalty, and learning when to hold on—and when to let go.

📖 Perfect for readers who love contemporary fiction with complex relationships, social commentary, and deep emotional insight. 📖