320 pages | paperback |

ABig Chillfor our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promisesespecially to ourselvesby the bestselling and celebrated author ofThe Guncle.

Its been a minuteor five yearssince Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now Jordan, Jordy, Naomi, Craig, and Marielle find themselves at the brink of a new decade, with all the responsibilities of adulthood, yet no closer to having their lives figured out. Thats not for a lack of trying. Over the years theyve reunited in Big Sur to honor a decades old pact to throw each other living funerals, celebrations to remind themselves that life is worth livingand living well.

But this reunion is different. Theyre not gathered as they were to bolster Marielle as her marriage crumbled, to lift Naomi after her parents died, or to intervene when Craig pleaded guilty to art fraud. This time, Jordan is sitting on a secret that will upend their pact.

A deeply honest tribute to the growing pains of selfhood and the people who keep us going, coupled with Steven Rowleys signature humor and heart,The Celebrantsis a moving tale about the false invincibility of youth, and the beautiful ways in which friendshiphelps uscelebrate our lives, even amid the deepest challenges of living.