Best Friends: A Novel - Hardcover

Moody, Martha

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573221880 ISBN 13: 9781573221887

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover, 2001

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From their first meeting as new roommates at Oberlin College in 1973, the friendship of two very different women--one the daughter of a Protestant working family in Ohio and the other, a wealthy, sheltered Jewish girl from L.A.--spans two decades and endures marriage, motherhood, demanding careers, and family turmoil. A first novel. 15,000 first printing.

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About the Author:

Martha Moody is the author of the national bestseller Best Friends and the novels The Office of Desire and Sometimes Mine. A practicing physician, she lives in Ohio with her family.

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In 1973 at Oberlin College, Clare, an Ohio WASP, meets Sally, a Jewish Californian, and the two become best friends. As the women grow closer, soap-opera-like disasters drop like black balloons into their pretty pink lives. The sudden death of Sally's fianc�, multiple failed marriages, molestation, heroin addiction, and the revelation of terrible family secrets are but a few of the challenges facing their friendship. Ren�e Raudman's sweet, breathy voice is wispy and childlike. Consequently, her women sound fey, fragile, and a bit too precious. By contrast, her male characters sound constricted, as if they have something caught in their throats. While the notion that friendships withstand hard times is worthy, Raudman's narration does little to distract from the novel's tendency toward melodrama. S.J.H. � AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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