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Rent Between Friends
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Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Mira Books
Published: Feb 2018
Genre: Fiction - Romance - General
Retail Price: $39.99
Discs: 10
Synopsis
Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds. Jillian is the only child of wealthy parents, while Lesley's from a working-class family. They become best friends in the turbulent 60s, but their circumstances, their choices--and their mistakes--take them in virtually opposite directions. Lesley stays in their Washington State hometown. She gets pregnant and marries young, living a life defined by the demands of small children, not enough money--never enough money--and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years in a completely different way: on a college campus shaken by the Vietnam War, and then as an idealistic young lawyer in New York City.But they always remain friends.Through the years and across the miles, through marriage, children, divorce and widowhood, Jill and Lesley confide everything to each other--every grief and every joy. Because the quality of a friendship is the quality of a life.
Reviews
Debbie Macomber's greatest strength is describing the friendships between women. I read this story, told entirely through correspondence between best friends from grade school through their married lives, progressing from notes passed at school, through letters, to email and instant messaging. I immediately sent a copy to my best friend from age 8. Now in our 70s and living hundreds of miles apart, we spent a day together last year. without missing a beat. If you like this book, also read Debbie's Changing Habits, another wonderful tale of feminine friendship.