In this episode of Tom’s Book Club, Eric Puchner discusses his novel Dream State, an expansive story about love, friendship, and the decisions that shape a lifetime.
The novel begins in Montana, where Cece arrives at her future in-laws’ lake house to prepare for her wedding to Charlie. But when Charlie’s oldest friend Garrett enters the picture, a single summer sets three lives on an entirely different course with consequences that ripple across fifty years and multiple generations.
In this conversation, Eric Puchner talks about writing characters across decades, the challenges of writing about climate change and the real-life experiences that informed the novel.
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