Clutch

ClutchEmily Nemenss Clutch follows a group of five women, friends for twenty years, as they go through the biggest challenges of their lives, asking: When youre hanging on by your fingernails, how can you extend a hand to the ones you love? As undergrads, Reba, Hillary, Carson, Gregg, and Bella formed the kind of rare bond that college brochures promisefriendship that lasts a lifetime. Two decades later, the women are spread across the country but remain

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—Emma Straub

doesn’t understand why any woman would get married

she dives headfirst into solving her most consequential—and personal—mystery yet

political tensions mount

he’s new in town

Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store

theorizes that happiness is possible solely with the eradication of all romance--only to find a love that could change her life forever

the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate

and how we learn to love

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Enter brooding new girl Anya Doyle