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Friends and Family

Natalie Baszile

October 6, 2026

Friends and Family book cover

A police encounter involving their teenage children fractures Babs and Nora’s decade-long friendship in the Bay Area. Nora’s adopted Black son Nathan seeks refuge with Babs’s family, forcing the women to confront different views of race, community, and parental boundaries.

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Format and description checked 2026-10-05.

Artwork: Pamela Dorman Books / Penguin Random House publisher cover art

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