We All Want Impossible Things: A Novel

Beloved from the moment it appeared, this is a raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. “Gorgeous, tender, and unexpectedly funny. I read the entirety of Edi and Ash’s story with my hand clasped over my heart.”—Kate Baer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman and I Hope This Finds You Well Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty-two years. They’ve shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick-or-treating and binge-drinking; Gilligan’s Island reruns and R.E.M. concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, “Edi’s memory is like the backup hard drive for mine.” But now the unthinkable has happened. Edi is dying of ovarian cancer and spending her last days at a hospice near Ash, who stumbles into heartbreak surrounded by her daughters, ex(ish)-husband, dear friends, a poorly chosen lover (or two), and a rotating cast of beautifully, fle