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Header image: Cover of Clutch by Emily Nemens, which shows a drawing of a well-dressed woman lying on her back and staring up at the book’s title

Tin House
400 pages
February 3, 2026

White Lotus with more sincerity and heart.” —Los Angeles Times

“This story casts a smart, sociological eye on ambitious American women’s experiences while also being a compulsive page-turner.”
The Atlantic

A close-knit group of women navigate mid-life’s biggest challenges—marriage, career, addiction—in this “sharp, funny, utterly engrossing” novel (Lynn Steger Strong)

Named a Best Book by The New York Times Book ReviewPeopleLos Angeles TimesAlta JournalBustle, and more

Five friends, twenty years, one reunion trip.

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