Dream State

Dream State is a delightAn exquisitely rendered novel about the vagaries of fate, and friendship, and love.Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and author of AbsolutionCece is in love. She has arrived early at her future in-laws lake house in Salish, Montana, to finishplanning her wedding to Charlie, a young doctor with a brilliant life ahead of him. Charlie has askedGarrett, his best friend from college, to officiate the ceremony, though Cece cant imagine anyonemore ill-suited for the taskan airport baggage handler haunted by a tragedy from his and Charliesshared past. But as Cece spends time with Garrett, his gruff mask slips,and she grows increasingly uncertain about her future. And why does Garrett, after meeting Cece, begin to feel,well, human again? As a contagious stomach flu threatens to scuttle the wedding, and Charlie and Garretts...