Why am I passionate about this?
Iād thought I was writing a novel about someone putting a life back together after everything fell apart but, when Iād finished, readers told me Iād written a book about vivid, authentic friendships. It was a welcome surprise. From Charles Dickens to Sylvia Plath, nuanced characters have always interested me and so, when writing, I set myself the task of believable dialogue and interactions which readers can relate to like itās their own friends sitting around a table; laughing, crying, or bickering. When a life falls apart itās often friendships that are tested to breaking but then become stronger as a result.
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Why did Kate love this book?
How are women supposed to behave, discreetly? Are their friendships always a saccharine Hallmark card? Not in this novel. Living loudly, louchely, in chaos, with hedonistic nights out and all-day hangovers, Laura and Tyler are a tight, whip-funny twosomeā¦ except one has a wedding on the horizon to a teetotal stable man, and sheās wrestling with whether marriage is a legitimate life milestone anymore. The friendship portrayal here is a messy, clever, and foul-mouthed foray into the moment when inseparable friends face the prospect of their familiar relationship disappearing through the unstoppable forces of adult life. And weāve all had impossible choices when we havenāt known which loyalties to put first ā oneās duty to oneself or to oneās best friend?
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āAn utterly triumphant ode to female friendship, in all its intense, messy and powerful beautyā from the internationally bestselling author of Grown Ups (Elle).
It is the moment every twenty-something must confront: the time to grow up. Adulthood looms, with all its numbing tranquility and stifling complacency. The end of prolonged adolescence is near.
Laura and Tyler are two women whose twenties have been a blur of overstayed parties, a fondness for drugs that has shifted from cautious experimentation to catholic indulgence, and hangovers that donāt relent until Monday morning. Theyāve been best friends, partners in excess, for the lastā¦