From New Haven to New York City, from Hong Kong and Panama to a remarkable school on an island in the Bahamas — through marriages and a divorce, triumphs and devastating losses — We Should Not Be Friends tracks an extraordinary friendship over decades of challenge and change. Will Schwalbe’s marvelous new work is, at its heart, a joyful testament to the miracle of human connection — and how if we can just get past our preconceptions, we may find some of our greatest friends.