Twenty years ago, they were the best of friends. When Connie invites her university gang on the holiday of a lifetime — a safari in the Kalahari — they have little in common anymore. Is getting them back together a terrible mistake?

Despite the undercurrent of tension, they are drawn into the adventure and begin to enjoy each other again, a million miles away from their daily concerns. They finally have space to explore what really matters. But a series of events and revelations bring new challenges to the group. As their lives start to unravel, they see how they are all linked together. New relationships are formed, old ones run their course, and news from home brings further tragedy.

The Art of Unpacking Your Life is a beautiful book about friendship, growing up, and that, despite growing apart, your oldest friends can be the ones to sustain you through life’s greatest sadness and deepest joy.