Told in two alternating timelines, this novel follows a friendship
over twenty-five years.
Boy Meets Girl is the story of a twenty-five-year friendship between
Sammy Browne (young, idealistic, and broke) and Ben Eisenberg (older,
jaded, and almost unimaginably rich)--two characters drawn together, and
ultimately torn apart, by their differences. This novel tells the story
of their relationship over the decades--from youthful flirtation to
unrequited love, to long-term friendship that flourishes in middle age,
to estrangement and then reunion. The novel unfolds in alternating
chapters, toggling back and forth between Ben and Sammy as young people
and in middle age, showing everything the characters hoped to become and
how things turned out for them. Boy Meets Girl unfolds against the
political and social backdrop of the last three decades, with Bill
Clinton's election, the events of September 11, the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and even the Trump era providing context and contrast for
the personal stories of the main characters.