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Good times or bad, friends are always there… Abby's TV career is taking off and now she and her husband, Tom, can have the life they've dreamed of in the lovely town of Dunmore. But after seventeen years of marriage, when you're feeling taken for granted, an old boyfriend can spell danger… Abby's daughter, Jess, thinks being a teenager is the worst thing ever. While her classmates are blossoming into confident women, she's too scared to smile at the boy she likes. Is she ever going to catch up? Lizzie has time for everybody: her friends in Dunmore, her grown-up children, even her ex-husband. Then Myles finds someone new and Lizzie starts to wonder if there's anyone out there for her. Erin follows her husband home to Ireland from Chicago to help his career. But is she ready for small-town life? And how can she tell Greg why she doesn't want to see the family she left behind years ago? Then tragedy touches the four women. As they draw together in their sadness, they realize that life is for living, and they have to grab it in both hands...
Cathy talks about her new novel, Best Of Friends. Best of Friends is about appreciating what you have in life – it’s so easy to moan and think life is hard, until one day, you see someone who is really suffering. Sadly, it’s often only then that the rest of us stand back and realise that we’re actually really fortunate because our problems are not tragedies. Family, friends, health and happiness – they’re the things that matter at the end of the day. The heroines in Best Of Friends have all become caught up in worrying about the wrong things and it takes someone else’s tragedy to make them truly see just what’s good in their own lives. Lizzie worries about being alone while her ex-husband has found love; Abby frets about what a few extra wrinkles will mean to her television career; Jess worries about coping with growing up; and Erin obsesses about the family she no longer sees. When tragedy strikes one of their friends, they face up to the real world and realise that they have the power to change their lives. And they see that not everyone is so lucky. I’m not going to say much more in case I give it all away…
‘Cathy Kelly..the living definition of excellence within a genre… Her writing is infused with a kindness which allows her to make the ordinary extraordinary. The end result is a yarn which touches lightly on simple truths, sensitively on death and on the destruction of relationships, and optimistically on the limitless potential of friendship.’ 'It's a rollicking good yarn, full of credible characters and real-life scenarios that will resonate with women of all ages... Kelly's skill as a storyteller and the rounded nature of her characters captivates and seduces.' |
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