Modern Lovers - Hardcover

** 'It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible.' Liane Moriarty **

From the New York Times Bestselling author of The Vacationers, Emma Straub brings us a sharply observed tale of modern love...

Twenty years later and they were supposed to be grown-ups...

Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
Summer in the city . . .

College friends Elizabeth, Zoe and Andrew had a band, grew up, settled in New York and now they were still living round the corner from one another (and in each other's pockets).

One hot summer as their kids come of age, making those first hesitant steps into adulthood, it's the parents who find that the lives they've so carelessly stitched together begin to slowly unravel . . .

(from publisher's description)

Hugely talented... intelligent holiday reading (Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4)

Smart and entertaining (Stylist)

Hugely talented . . . if you are looking for some intelligent holiday reading then this is the book for you (BBC 4 Woman’s Hour)

Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters ... Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits (The New York Times)

[Modern Lovers] has the smart, cool sensibility of Straub's other novels, and you're sure to love this one just as much (Elle)

A funny and insightful look at love and relationships (Good Housekeeping)

A lovely, satisfying early-summer read (EW.com)

Straub's novel might be set in well-trod modern literary territory (the parenting world of brownstone Brooklyn), but what she does with this familiar milieu is smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us (Brooklyn Magazine)

Thoughtful and hilarious, Modern Lovers proves growing up doesn't stop in adulthood (Real Simple)

Emma Straub is The New York Times-bestselling author of The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, and the short-story collection Other People We Married. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Elle, and Conde Nast Traveller, and she is a contributing writer for Rookie. Straub's work has been published in fifteen countries.