Being 20 Something - Ivy Guerrero

Twenty-year-old aspiring filmmaker Iris Wheeler returns home to Lighthouse Point for what she expects will be another familiar summer on the South Shore of Long Island-sun-soaked beaches, late nights with lifelong friends, and enough time to finish the short film she hopes will launch the next chapter of her life.

But this summer feels different.

Between shifting friendships, creative ambitions, and the lingering grief of losing her mother years ago, Iris is caught between the comfort of the life she knows and the uncertainty of everything waiting beyond it. Then she meets Emerson Haven-a charming, mysterious newcomer who seems determined to get beneath the walls Iris has spent years building.

What begins as an unexpected summer romance becomes something deeper as Iris and Emerson discover a connection rooted in loss, longing, and the complicated ways people learn to trust again. But Lighthouse Point is a town filled with memories-and some of them have been buried for a reason.

As old secrets begin to surface and the people Iris loves reveal that the past may not be exactly as she understood it, she must confront questions about her mother, her absent father, and the person she wants to become.

Set against beaches, boardwalks, bonfires, and nostalgic summer nights, Iris Wheeler: Being 20 Something is an emotional coming-of-age story about first love, friendship, grief, family secrets, and discovering that sometimes growing up means learning how to choose yourself.