Can anyone please give me a summary please of A Visit from the Goon Squad?

There are thirteen stories told in this book, which makes
for a very difficult summary. This is especially true because each of the thirteen
stories is narrated by a different character. 

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The book follows a large cast of mostly
self-destructive characters as they grow older and fate sends them in directions they
did not intend to
go.

However, focusing on the
two most prominent characters in the book, we can summarize A Visit from the Goon
Squadas follows. 

Sasha is introduced as a person in
therapy for compulsive stealing. She is in her thirties at this point, works for Bennie
Salazar at a record label, and lives in New York City. In her past, Sasha was a
pickpocket in Naples, Italy after running away from home at the age of
seventeen. 

She returns to the US and enrolls at university
in New York, meets Bennie at a Conduits concert, and lands a job with him. She spends
years working at the record label, making no attempts to move up to become an executive.
Sasha helps Bennie navigate his divorce to some extent and politely brushes him off when
he desparately announces his love for her.

Later, she gets
married to Drew, the boyfriend who was partially responsible for the drowning death of
her suicidal best friend Rob when she was in college. She and Drew move to California
and have two kids, Alison and Lincoln. Lincoln is slightly
autistic.

Bennie Salazar was raised in California and loved
music. He is introduced to a music mogul who is dating a friend of his when he (and his
friend) is still in high school. Bennie plays bass guitar in a band that is not quite
passable and he plays poorly. His interest in music and the music business, however, is
passionate. Upon meeting the music mogul, Bennie launches his career in music,
eventually becoming a wealthy music mogul himself.

Bennie
marries Stephanie, has a child with her, and moves into a ritzy neighborhood outside of
New York City. He is looked at with suspicion in the close-knit neighborhood while
Stephanie finds ways to integrate herself. 

They are
divorced after Stephanie realizes that Bennie has slept with her tennis partner as a way
to get revenge. Bennie then has awkward and often disappointing visits with his
son. 

Eventually Bennie remarries and has another
child.