Palm Meridian : A Novel by Grace Flahive (2025, Hardcover)

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101668065452

ISBN-139781668065457

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Book TitlePalm Meridian : a Novel

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicContemporary Women, Lgbt / General

Publication Year2025

GenreFiction

AuthorGrace Flahive

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"Oh, this beautiful, brilliant book. WHAT a debut. Achingly funny and utterly heartrending, written with so much joy and hope and love. I am bereft to have finished and to have left Hannah, Sophie, Esme, Nate, Luke, the Eileens, and everyone at Palm Meridian." --Sara Nisha Adams, author of The Reading List "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life." --Emily Austin, author of We Could Be Rats "A joyous ode to the truth that it's never too late for love, friendship, and living the life of your dreams. Beautiful and funny, this book stole my heart and then handed it back full of hope." --Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." --Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." -- Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "Fresh, funny and full of hope. Grace writes with such originality and heart, I know readers are going to fall in love with Hannah and her joyfully life-affirming end-of-life party." --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death--our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy. I laughed out loud, I turned pages hoping against hope and I wept. This is a very special novel, and in these extraordinary times, I think it is exactly what we all need to read. I will be thinking about it for a long time." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act, "Oh, this beautiful, brilliant book. WHAT a debut. Achingly funny and utterly heartrending, written with so much joy and hope and love. I am bereft to have finished and to have left Hannah, Sophie, Esme, Nate, Luke, the Eileens, and everyone at Palm Meridian." --Sara Nisha Adams, author of The Reading List "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life." --Emily Austin, author of We Could Be Rats " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." --Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." -- Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "Fresh, funny and full of hope. Grace writes with such originality and heart, I know readers are going to fall in love with Hannah and her joyfully life-affirming end-of-life party." --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death--our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy. I laughed out loud, I turned pages hoping against hope and I wept. This is a very special novel, and in these extraordinary times, I think it is exactly what we all need to read. I will be thinking about it for a long time." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act, "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy and The Assistants " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." -- Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." --Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death - our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy. I laughed out loud, I turned pages hoping against hope and I wept. This is a very special novel, and in these extraordinary times, I think it is exactly what we all need to read. I will be thinking about it for a long time." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things, "Does a novel set in a near-future, half-drowned Florida sound uplifting? How about one in which the main character is a septuagenarian with a grim cancer prognosis and 24 hours to go before she dies by physician-assisted suicide? And yet: Flahive manages the seemingly impossible by having Hannah, her protagonist, throw the mother of all goodbye parties at the utopian queer retirement community she calls home. You won't want to miss it." --Publishers Weekly "Oh, this beautiful, brilliant book. WHAT a debut. Achingly funny and utterly heartrending, written with so much joy and hope and love. I am bereft to have finished and to have left Hannah, Sophie, Esme, Nate, Luke, the Eileens, and everyone at Palm Meridian." --Sara Nisha Adams, author of The Reading List "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life." --Emily Austin, author of We Could Be Rats "A joyous ode to the truth that it's never too late for love, friendship, and living the life of your dreams. Beautiful and funny, this book stole my heart and then handed it back full of hope." --Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." --Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." -- Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "Fresh, funny and full of hope. Grace writes with such originality and heart, I know readers are going to fall in love with Hannah and her joyfully life-affirming end-of-life party." --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death--our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy. I laughed out loud, I turned pages hoping against hope and I wept. This is a very special novel, and in these extraordinary times, I think it is exactly what we all need to read. I will be thinking about it for a long time." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act, "A joyous ode to the truth that it's never too late for love, friendship, and living the life of your dreams. Beautiful and funny, this book stole my heart and then handed it back full of hope." -- Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care "Oh, this beautiful, brilliant book. WHAT a debut. Achingly funny and utterly heartrending, written with so much joy and hope and love. I am bereft to have finished and to have left Hannah, Sophie, Esme, Nate, Luke, the Eileens, and everyone at Palm Meridian." --Sara Nisha Adams, author of The Reading List "Poignant and delightful; the page-turning romance we want set within the sapphic utopia we deserve. An antidote to our bleak reality that proves queer fiction (and queer people) really can have it all." --Jen Winston, author of Greedy "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life." --Emily Austin, author of We Could Be Rats " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." --Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." -- Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "Fresh, funny and full of hope. Grace writes with such originality and heart, I know readers are going to fall in love with Hannah and her joyfully life-affirming end-of-life party." --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death--our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy..." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act, " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis . . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure' - Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies " Palm Meridia n is the bizarre sapphic riot you didn't know you needed. I'm speechless, which is a rarity. A single page can make you both cackle with laughter and want to burst into ugly tears - it's balanced beautifully that way. Explosively, joyously human, it bursts with hope and kindness, and it's rib-achingly funny' - Curtis Garner, author of Isaac "Bittersweet lesbians try to enjoy one last farewell party at the end of the world - this is a delicious debut. I read the first chapter standing on my doormat, having just received the book in the post and expecting to just flick quickly through, but instead I got hooked in and finished the first few chapters with the delighted grin of someone who knows they're going to love reading the rest" - Lily Lindon, author of Double Booked, "A joyous ode to the truth that it's never too late for love, friendship, and living the life of your dreams. Beautiful and funny, this book stole my heart and then handed it back full of hope." -- Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care "Oh, this beautiful, brilliant book. WHAT a debut. Achingly funny and utterly heartrending, written with so much joy and hope and love. I am bereft to have finished and to have left Hannah, Sophie, Esme, Nate, Luke, the Eileens, and everyone at Palm Meridian." --Sara Nisha Adams, author of The Reading List "Poignant and delightful; the page-turning romance we want set within the sapphic utopia we deserve. An antidote to our bleak reality that proves queer fiction (and queer people) really can have it all." --Jen Winston, author of Greedy "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life." --Emily Austin, author of We Could Be Rats " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." --Nicola Dinan, author of Disappoint Me "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." -- Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "Fresh, funny and full of hope. Grace writes with such originality and heart, I know readers are going to fall in love with Hannah and her joyfully life-affirming end-of-life party." --Freya Sampson, author of The Last Chance Library "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death--our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy..." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act "There is much to enjoy in Flahive's high-spirited debut--vibrant settings, smart worldbuilding, and exuberant, bawdy queer energy . . . The funnest book about death and post-apocalyptic living to date. Build it and we will come." --Kirkus Review, "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive."-- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy and The Assistants " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis . . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure' - Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies " Palm Meridia n is the bizarre sapphic riot you didn't know you needed. I'm speechless, which is a rarity. A single page can make you both cackle with laughter and want to burst into ugly tears - it's balanced beautifully that way. Explosively, joyously human, it bursts with hope and kindness, and it's rib-achingly funny' - Curtis Garner, author of Isaac "Bittersweet lesbians try to enjoy one last farewell party at the end of the world - this is a delicious debut. I read the first chapter standing on my doormat, having just received the book in the post and expecting to just flick quickly through, but instead I got hooked in and finished the first few chapters with the delighted grin of someone who knows they're going to love reading the rest" - Lily Lindon, author of Double Booked, "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy and The Assistants " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis. . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." -- Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." --Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship "I defy anyone to read this novel and not wish they too were living in a Floridian lesbian retirement community in 2067 (and that is not a sentence I ever thought I'd write). Palm Meridian is artfully crafted, a love story, a tragedy, a comedy, a meditation on life and death - our own, and that of the planet we are, for now, lucky enough to occupy. I laughed out loud, I turned pages hoping against hope and I wept. This is a very special novel, and in these extraordinary times, I think it is exactly what we all need to read. I will be thinking about it for a long time." -- Laura Kay, author of Wild Things "The kind of read that takes you for a ride--backwards and forwards and in directions you didn't know you could go. I love a story that spans joy and grief, love and loss, laughter and tears. What a thrilling novel this is." --Hillary Yablon, author of Sylvia's Second Act "This book is an absolute hoot. It's also a poignant celebration of love, life and friendship in all its forms. Flahive's debut is wildly entertaining, lovingly written and beautifully anarchic--a visit to Palm Meridian Retirement Resort is a must." --Jess Kidd, author of The Night Ship, " Palm Meridian is a masterful love story set in a time of crisis . . . Flahive deftly weaves between the past, present and future. It is heartful and hopeful in equal measure." -- Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies " Palm Meridia n is the bizarre sapphic riot you didn't know you needed. I'm speechless, which is a rarity. A single page can make you both cackle with laughter and want to burst into ugly tears--it's balanced beautifully that way. Explosively, joyously human, it bursts with hope and kindness, and it's rib-achingly funny." -- Curtis Garner, author of Isaac "Bittersweet lesbians try to enjoy one last farewell party at the end of the world--this is a delicious debut. I read the first chapter standing on my doormat, having just received the book in the post and expecting to just flick quickly through, but instead I got hooked in and finished the first few chapters with the delighted grin of someone who knows they're going to love reading the rest." --Lily Lindon, author of Double Booked "Hilarious and wise with an enormous heart, Palm Meridian is an extraordinary achievement. Fun to read, while also bittersweet, Flahive's prose can sneak up on you. One minute you're laughing aloud, and the next you're choked up by a poignant punch to the gut. Consider yourself warned. This novel will make you feel alive." -- Camille Perri, author of When Katie Met Cassidy

Synopsis"A riotous novel about a farewell party that celebrates all of life's emotions--big and small--while marking the arrival of an exciting new voice in fiction." --Steven Rowley, New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants A rollicking, big-hearted story of long-lost love, friendship, and a life well-lived, set at a Florida retirement resort for queer women, on the last day of resident Hannah Cardin's life--perfect for readers of Less and The Wedding People . It's 2067 and Florida is partially underwater, but even that can't bring down the residents of Palm Meridian Retirement Resort, a utopian home for queer women who want to revel in their twilight years. Inside, Hula-Hoopers shimmy across the grass, fiercely competitive book clubs nearly come to blows, and the roller-ski team races up and down the winding paths. Everywhere you look, these women are living large. Hannah Cardin has spent ten happy years under these tropical, technicolor skies, but after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, she has decided that tomorrow morning she will close her eyes for the very last time. Tonight, however, Hannah and her raucous band of friends are throwing one hell of an end-of-life party. And with less than twenty-four hours left, Hannah is holding out for one final, impossible thing... Amongst the guest list is Sophie, the love of Hannah's life. They haven't spoken since their devastating breakup over forty years ago, but today, Hannah is hoping for the chance to give her greatest love one last try. As Hannah anxiously awaits Sophie's arrival, her mind casts back over the highs and lows of her kaleidoscopic life. But when a shocking secret from the past is revealed, Hannah must reconsider if she can say goodbye after all. Spanning the course of a single day and seventy-odd years, and bursting with irresistible hope, humor, and wisdom, this one-of-a-kind novel celebrates the unexpected moments that make us feel the most alive.