Book Review: Jennifer Marra’s The Days Between Is a Heartfelt Journey Through Friendship, Music, and Growing Up
Book Review: Jennifer Marra’s The Days Between Is a Heartfelt Journey Through Friendship, Music, and Growing Up
What happens in the space between who we were and who we are trying to become? In The Days Between , Jennifer Marra captures the fragile space between youth and adulthood answering that question with striking emotional honesty, humor, and depth. Set during a 1986 Grateful Dead concert weekend, the novel follows Samantha as she reunites with her best friend Liz and her old flame Nate. Samantha hopes the weekend will bring back the closeness they once shared. Instead, it opens old wounds and creates new ones. Liz acts distant. Nate sends mixed signals. And before Samantha knows it, she is questioning everything she thought she understood about loyalty, love, and herself. This novel understands how friendship and romance can blur in ways that change us forever. Marra does a beautiful job capturing the messy feeling of being in your early twenties. For instance, Samantha is brilliant in the classroom but unsure in relationships. She overthinks conversations, worries about being too ...