The Interestings

The Interestings delves at the definition of skill, the essence of jealousy, the functions of class, art, money, and power, and how they may all change drastically throughout the course of a friendship or a person's life.

Six teens at an arts summer camp become inseparable the year Nixon steps down. The friendship is still strong after decades, but a lot has changed. Wolitzer follows these personalities in The Interestings from their prime years into middle age, observing how their skills, outcomes, and levels of satisfaction vary.

Not everyone can preserve what appeared so remarkable in youth in maturity; the type of inventiveness that is praised at fifteen is not necessarily enough to carry someone through life at thirty. Aspiring comedic actress Jules Jacobson finally accepts a more sobering career and way of life. Jonah, her talented buddy, gave up playing the guitar to pursue a career in engineering. Jules's closest friends, Ash and Ethan, who are now married, achieve astonishing success while staying loyal to their original creative aspirations and providing the resources and connections necessary for those desires to continue growing. Although the friendships continue and even grow, they also highlight the disparities in their histories, abilities, and life experiences.

The Interestings is a broad, ambitious work that delves into the meaning of talent, the nature of envy, the roles of class, art, money, and power, and how these things can change drastically over the course of a friendship or a person's life. It is full of complex characters who come together and go their separate ways in a New York City that is constantly changing.