Dream State: A Novel by Eric Puchner (4/8/25)

"A book of tears, laughter, longing, regrets and filled to the brim with life. Dream State is a wonder of character and craft." -Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less and Less is Lost "Dream State is a gorgeous exploration of time, grief, love, and the way that the commitments we make turn us into the people we become…brilliant." -Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections Eric Puchner returns with an ambitious and deeply moving multigenerational novel that follows three lifelong friends and the betrayal at the center of their entwined fates.Cece is in love. She has arrived early at her in-laws' beautiful lake house in Salish, Montana, to finish planning her wedding to Charlie, a medical student with a brilliant future. Charlie asks Garrett, his best friend from college, to officiate, though Cece can't imagine anyone less appropriate for the task; Garrett doesn't believe in love, much less marriage. But as she spends time with Garrett, and his gru