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The Celebrants
by Steven Rowley
Why wait until a funeral to celebrate a person’s life and share all the things you love about them? Instead of leaving anything left unsaid, a group of college friends makes a pact after losing one of their friends right before graduation. The promise, each of them gets a “funeral” to use at a low point in their lives. When they need to call their funeral all of the friends will gather to lift that person up. They will celebrate that person’s life, share all the great things about them, and love on that person in their time of need. Jordan Vargas calls his friends together 28 years after graduation, only this reunion is different and Jordan is keeping a huge secret from his friends.
I fell in love with Steven Rowley’s writing after reading The Guncle and was very excited to read this book. I was not disappointed at all. This book is filled with so much heart and emotion right from the very first page. I loved the glimpses into their friendship over the years as I read about each “funeral” that happened in the past. It was beautiful to see how while each of the friends grew up and drifted away from each other, they were able to come back and pick up and be there for each other when one of them needed it. I love how despite all of the grief in this book, the characters were able to find moments of humor - it just felt so real. Be sure to have a box of tissues nearby, this beautiful story made me tear up multiple times.
Thank you to Putnam Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.
I fell in love with Steven Rowley’s writing after reading The Guncle and was very excited to read this book. I was not disappointed at all. This book is filled with so much heart and emotion right from the very first page. I loved the glimpses into their friendship over the years as I read about each “funeral” that happened in the past. It was beautiful to see how while each of the friends grew up and drifted away from each other, they were able to come back and pick up and be there for each other when one of them needed it. I love how despite all of the grief in this book, the characters were able to find moments of humor - it just felt so real. Be sure to have a box of tissues nearby, this beautiful story made me tear up multiple times.
Thank you to Putnam Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.