Las Cosas Que Nos Pasan / The Things That Happen to Us

Es esta la vida con la que so abas?
De verdad quieres ser madre soltera?

C mo vas a encontrar un hogar cuando no sabes d nde estar?

Sof a, Irene, Julia, Bel n y Claudia son un grupo de amigas treinta eras que viven en una negociaci n constante con sus vidas. Cuando se re nen en la fiesta de cumplea os de Sof a, el evento que siempre ha marcado el final de sus veranos, una serie de circunstancias las obliga a enfrentar las decisiones que han tomado hasta ahora y encarar la incertidumbre de su futuro.

Las cosas que nos pasan aborda con ternura y franqueza la frustraci n millennial: la precariedad, la pareja, la familia, la maternidad, el cuerpo o la salud emocional. Escrita desde las entra as, la primera novela de Guada Guerra es la voz de una generaci n, un emotivo fresco coral de los problemas de unas j venes que se enfrentan a la madurez agarr ndose a la amistad como su nica certeza, aunque... ser suficiente para sostenerlas?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Is this the life you dreamed of?
Did you really want to be a single mother?

How can you find a home when you don't know where you fit in?

Sof a, Irene, Julia, Bel n and Claudia are thirty-something friends who are bumbling their way through life. At Sof a's birthday party, the date that has always marked the end of summer for them, a series of circumstances forces them to come to terms with the decisions they've made and face their uncertain futures.

The Things that Happen to Us is a frank but tender look at the frustration felt by many millennials in areas such as financial insecurity, romance, family, motherhood, body image and mental health. In this debut novel, Guada Guerra channels the voice of a generation through her protagonists, whose friendship is the only sure thing as they move into adulthood... but will it be enough to sustain them?