Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich (Paperback, 2025) Literary fiction

The novel follows Eva, a thoughtful teenager from middle-class Brooklyn, and Jamie, a wealthy boy from Upper Manhattan, who meet in a hospital. Their friendship — platonic but deeply probing — spans their transition into adulthood. While Eva takes a more conventional path (university, romance, career), Jamie explores radical politics, religion, and self-discovery. Together (and apart), they circle around big questions: What do you owe to yourself? To society? To justice? And how much can you really know another person?