Old Enough: A Novel

A debut novel “as astute, funny, & loving as your best friend from college”* about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between a new sense of community & loyalty to a friendship she’s outgrown.

Savannah "Sav" Henry is almost the person she wants to be, or at least she's getting closer. It’s the second semester of her sophomore year. She’s finally come out as bisexual, is making friends with the other queers in her dorm, & has just about recovered from her disastrous first queer “situationship.” She is cautiously optimistic that her life is about to begin.

But when she learns that Izzie, her best friend from childhood, has gotten engaged, Sav faces a crisis of confidence. Things with Izzie haven’t been the same since what happened between Sav & Izzie’s older brother when they were sixteen. Now, with the wedding around the corner, Sav is forced to reckon with trauma she thought she could put behind her.

On top of it all, Sav can’t stop thinking about Wes from her Gender Studies class—sweet, funny Wes, with their long eyelashes & green backpack. There’s something different here—with Wes & with her new friends (who delight in teasing her about this face-burning crush); it feels, terrifyingly, like they might truly see her in a way no one has before.

With a singularly funny, heartfelt voice, "Old Enough" explores queer love, community, & what it means to be a sexual assault survivor. Haley Jakobson has written a love letter to friendship & an honest depiction of what finding your people can feel like—for better or worse.