num_pages: 332
description: Twenty years ago six Penn students shared a house naively certain that their friendships would endureuntil the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now mostly estranged from one another the remaining five reluctantly gather at that same house on the eve of what would have been Beas fortieth birthday.But along with the return of the friends come old grudges unrequited feelings and buried secrets. Catherine the CEO of a domestic empire and Owen a stay-at-home dad were picture-perfect college sweetheartsbut now teeter on the brink of disaster. Lindy a well-known musician is pushing middle age in an industry thats all about youth and slowly self-destructing as she grapples with her own identity. Behind his smile handsome plastic surgeon Colin harbors the heartbreaking truth about his own history with Bea. And Annie carefully curates her life on Instagram and Facebook keeping up appearances so she doesnt have to face the truth about her own empty reality.Reunited in the place where so many dreams began and bolstered by the hope of healing each of them is forced to confront the past.
language: English
title: In Twenty Years
publisher: Lake Union Publishing