Now That We're Adults

Poignant quirky cleverly humorous and infinitely relatable. --Booklist (Starred Review)Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion HonoreeAwesome Indies ApprovedA group of geeky 20-somethings in Scranton PA struggle to form post-college identities without alienating each other in the process.When happy-go-lucky Wade is dumped by his longtime girlfriend hes left to wonder whether she might have a point about his lack of ambition. Needing a distraction from the heartbreak he begins programming a video game which soon becomes a passion project as he strives to prove he can follow through on his own.Meanwhile his brother Ian barely has time for games now that hes overloaded at work and struggling to connect with pregnant wife Kat whos starting to doubt whether she wants a baby at all. In fact without the shared experience of college their entire friend group is splintering.Needing his friends more than ever Wade becomes obsessed with turning back the hands of time. But with everyones hopes and expectations so tangled up it might take an outsider--someone like painfully shy librarian Eleanor--to provide some much-needed perspective. That is if she could get out of her head long enough to risk making a connection.