Friday, February 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 **Six Friends. Five Parties. Twenty Years… How did we get _So Old, So Young_?** From Grant Ginder, the bestselling author of _The People We Hate at the Wedding_, comes a generation-defining novel that is part love story, part tragic comedy. Five parties over the course of twenty years bring six college friends together, exploring the ways we run from and cling to our friends in love, life, and death. For Marco and Mia, Sasha and Theo, Richie and Adam, the one constant in life after college together has been change. New jobs. New cities. New spouses. New children. Through it all, one thing they thought would always stay the same is their friendship. But time has a way of breaking even the strongest bonds, and testing what we thought we knew. From East Village apartment parties and disastrous destination weddings, to fortieth birthdays and suburban backyard barbecues, Grant Ginder’s resonant, funny, and deeply moving novel is a story about the growing pains of the Millennial generation, and a celebration of how love can shift, stumble, and grow into something bigger than we ever could have imagined. **Grant Ginder** is the author of five novels, including _Let’s Not Do That Again_ and _The People We Hate at the Wedding_, now a major motion picture starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, and Ben Platt. Originally from Southern California, Ginder received his MFA from New York University, where he teaches writing. **Rufi Thorpe** is the author of _The Knockout Queen_, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award; _Dear Fang, with Love_; and _The Girls from Corona del Mar_, which was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.