I believe that reinvention is an act of creativity.
I’m an entertainment lawyer who still thinks New York is the center of the world, even though I reluctantly moved to Los Angeles in 2022. When I’m not thinking way too deeply about how Hollywood should take itself on a mushroom trip to the desert to figure out how the movie industry will survive, I write about reinvention and the art of (re)creating ourselves.
It took me until my mid-thirties to feel like I was finally on my path. My debut novel, Soft Launch, is a love letter to what I describe as “coming of adulthood” stories: the ones that pick up where “coming of age” leaves us.
Set against the backdrop of New York — the best city to soft launch nonlinear adulthood (on which I’ve designated myself an expert) — my writing blends emotional realism with wit and warmth and will appeal to readers who nostalgically love The Devil Wears Prada and Something Borrowed. It’s today’s Emily Henry meets Dolly Alderton, with a touch of a therapized Carrie Bradshaw.
SOFT LAUNCH
A Coming-of-Adulthood Novel
Publication Date: February 1, 2026 by Little A
In her captivating debut, author Sarah Vacchiano tells an exciting “coming of adulthood” story about a young woman who takes a bold new path in her early thirties, leaving her old life—and starter marriage—behind.
When Sam walked herself down the aisle at the age of 22, she never imagined wanting more than the life she had in that moment. Seven years later, with the ink still drying on both her law degree and her divorce papers, she arrives in Manhattan ready to start adulthood over and chase her dreams of becoming an entertainment lawyer, determined to prove to herself that upending her life was worth it.
As Sam navigates the high-pressure world of Big Law– heady and demanding, and full of magnetic and powerful people – she finds an unexpected ally in her charming, supportive officemate, Charlie. But just as he begins to tear down the walls Sam has built around herself, she lands her first big client, a "Poker Princess" facing federal charges for running high-stakes games for Hollywood's elite and discovers just how high-stakes “fake it till you make it” can be when you’ve given up everything to become someone new.
Emotionally nuanced and delightfully frothy, Soft Launch is a sharp, witty novel that explores the messy reality of starting over and asks whether life is about finding ourselves, or about the power to reinvent ourselves.