A &“perceptive, affectionate, and often very funny&” novel about old college friends at a thirty-year reunion, by the author of The Things They Carried (Boston Herald). From a National Book Award winner who&’s been called &“the best American writer of his generation&” (San Francisco Examiner), July, July tells the story of ten old friends who attended Darton Hall College together back in 1969, and now reunite for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing—and regretting. The three decades since graduation have brought marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and replaced. This witty, heart-rending novel about men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade, a New York Times Notable Book, is &“deeply satisfying&” (O, the Oprah Magazine) and &“almost impossible to put down&” (Austin American-Statesman). &“A symphony of American life.&” —All Things Considered, NPR