Living in crumbling Brooklyn apartments, holding down jobs as actors and writers and eschewing the middle-class sensibilities of their parents, six young graduates fresh from college believe they can have it all. When the friends come together to celebrate a marriage, anything seems possible. But soon the reality of rent, marriage and family will test them all - for this fortunate age can't last forever, and the group must face adulthood, whether they are ready for it or not. Sprawling and richly drawn, A Fortunate Age is a brilliant, ambitious debut novel that perfectly captures the hopes, anxieties and dreams of a generation.