{"product_id":"waiting-on-a-friend-hardcover","title":"Waiting on a Friend - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalie Adler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City, East Village, 1984. A young woman with the power to see the ghosts of her friends is haunted by the one who refuses to return--a dazzling, big-hearted debut of friendship and community during a time of devastation and defiance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wildly inventive and moving novel . . . an astonishingly brilliant debut.\"--Patrick Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eBuckeye\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful study of friendship, of how loss unmoors us, and how if we keep turning towards love, anything is possible.\"--Ann Napolitano, author of \u003ci\u003eHello Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fresh and refreshing, both heartbreaking and uplifting. Natalie Adler has given us a gem.\"--Rabih Alameddine, winner of the National Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] powerhouse debut . . . Adler's intimate portrayal of the period is richly detailed, both in the grim atmosphere and the city's life-affirming downtown arts community. This dazzles like a mirror ball.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spellbinding.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eDebutiful, Lit Hub, Publishers Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenata is a young dyke-about-town who can see ghosts, something she's doing more and more of lately as too many of her friends are dying of a new, terrifying disease. When Renata's best friend Mark dies of complications from AIDS, Renata is devastated by the loss of the person she loved most in the world. And to her disappointment and increasing despair, Mark seems unwilling or unable to return for the proper goodbye they both were denied. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Renata waits anxiously for Mark, she must stay vigilant: a mysterious, police-like force has begun ridding their East Village neighborhood of anything abnormal or inexplicable. What first seems like a scam reveals itself to be far more sinister, targeting the soul of Renata's community. With her band of lovably eccentric pals and lovers, Renata is determined to fight back against the erasure of her friends' memories and the sanitizing of her beloved New York. But haunting her every step is Mark, the one ghost who stubbornly refuses to reappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth heartbreaking and healing, tragic and triumphant, \u003ci\u003eWaiting on a Friend \u003c\/i\u003eis a magical retelling of queer history and a celebration of youth and camaraderie. With pathos and humor, empathy and an edge, Natalie Adler freshly reimagines the past for a new generation, reclaiming the spirit of resistance and determination that would become one of the era's defining legacies.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Adler\u003c\/b\u003e has an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Brown University. She was a Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction and is an editor at \u003ci\u003eLux \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She is from New Jersey and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 8.36 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52108650610989,"sku":"9780593734025","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ebIP6a9-aK9780593734025.webp?v=1780494621","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/waiting-on-a-friend-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}