'The Hourglass' is a story of an everyday friendship. The story of how a stranger can enter your life, brighten it, make you cry, make you laugh, and slowly turn back into a stranger again. This book is an ode to friendship. It's the story of how two people meet, fight, reconcile, grow, and miss each other years along the way. The book is divided into the aforesaid five chapters. There are too many books about romantic heartbreak, but not enough about the heartbreak that you go through when you lose a friend. This book is for all those friendships.