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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Mira Books
Published: Apr 2003
Genre: Fiction - Contemporary Women
Retail Price: $7.99
Pages: 368
The story of a remarkable friendship—told in a remarkable way. A story in which every woman will recognize herself…and her best friend
Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds become best friends in the turbulent Ô60s, but their circumstances and choices—and their mistakes—take them in opposite directions. Lesley stays in their hometown. She marries young, living a life defined by the demands of small children, never enough money, and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years 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, Jill and Lesley confide everything to each other—every grief and joy. Because the quality of a friendship is the quality of a life.
Bonus Novella: Home to Honeymoon Harbor by JoAnn Ross
The rivalry between the Mannion and Harper families has divided them for over a century. Which is why, when John Mannion and Sara Harper fall in love, they become the small seaport town's very own Romeo and Juliet. But in Honeymoon Harbor, nothing—not even an infamous family feud—is a match for love.
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.