Dream State by Eric Puchner

 Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025--San Antonio

Dream State by Eric Puchner has been named a top book of the first half of 2025 by BBC and others.  It is a story of chosen families and birth families, of lifetime friendships, of incidents that affect one's life and lives of others, of changes in society over time, of global warming and its harmful effects over the long term in various ways--on wild animals, forests, neighborhoods, people, etc.  At the center of the story are 3 people--Charlie and Garret (two best friends) and CeCe (the woman they have both loved).  But the story goes far beyond these three to encompass the lives of their grandparents, their parents, their children, their other lifetime friends, tragedies that occur in their lives, the choices they have made in their lives, and the changes (both societal and personal) over time in their lives.  I found the book to be fascinating.  I gave it 4 stars out of 5.