“When We Grow Up is novel as anthropological investigation, a study of the class of people for whom adulthood begins at thirty.
I laughed, I winced, and I saw much I recognized in Baker’s exploration of how the self is forged not only by the circumstances of our birth and family and education but by our peers and friends. ”
— Rumaan Alam, author of Entitlement and Leave the World Behind
“Sharply observed, sardonic, engaging, intimate, and evocative ... An exploration of how impossible it can feel, in the face of a world that seems so often invested in our imminent destruction, to want and know how to be good.”
— Lynn Steger Strong, author of The Float Test and Flight
