Beth Golay

Bar Friedmantel, thank you so much for joining us today.

Honeysuckle by Bar Friedmantel was published by Bloomsbury.

Joining us now is Kate Leight, the founder and owner of Papercuts Bookshop in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Well, this is fantastic.

You have given us so many books to think about.

And this conversation has been edited for time, but you can find the entire conversation on our website at kmuw.org.

Kate Leight of Paper Cuts Bookshop in Boston, Massachusetts, Jamaica Plain neighborhood.

Thank you so much for joining us today.

Marginalia was produced at KMUW Wichita and is part of the NPR Network.

Our editors and producers for this week's show are Haley Krausen and Luann Stevens.

This is Marginalia.

I'm Beth Golay.

I'm Beth Golday, and this is Marginalia.

Grant Ginder's new book, So Old, So Young, follows six friends over two decades, beginning at a college New Year's Eve party.

The book drops in at only five points in time over these 20 years, leaving the reader to deduce how the relationships have evolved over time.

I recently spoke with Grant Ginder about crafting these moments in time and exploring the shifts we all face as we grow up.

Here's our conversation.

So how would you describe this book to a reader?

Do you have an elevator speech for it?

So you mentioned these friends, and I'm going to attempt to name them.