"But really, both of them knew why they kept attending these parties: because they had become one of the few opportunities the four of them had to be together, and at times, they seemed to be their only opportunity to create memories the four of them could share, keeping their friendship alive by dropping bundles of kindling onto a barely smoldering black smudge of fire. It was their way of pretending everything was the same."

This thought expresses how adulthood and our lives walk in different directions and the real struggle to stay in touch with each other. And the characters of today’s book in focus face the same.

Trigger warnings: Physical Abuse, Mental Trauma, Self-Loathing, and Harassment

A Little Life is a character-driven novel that follows the lives of four college friends Jude, Willen, Malcolm, and JB as they navigate through career, profession, relationship and the complexities of adulthood.

The story begins at The Lispenard Street and ends at The Lispenard Street, but what comes in the middle is terrific to imagine. So, readers with weak hearts will suffer while reading through this book. But readers who can take up themes like mental trauma, abuse, harassment, suffering, and physical torture will experience the immersive and devastating exploration of Jude's suffering from his childhood.