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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable and easy read,
By Gigi Fufu "gigi fufu" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Friends (Paperback)
Cathy Kelly is known for writing about engaging women characters and following them through the various trials of their lives. She does it again with this book. Her style and choice of topics reminds me very much of the bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy.
Best of Friends follows four women of different ages as they struggle with families, careers, infidelities, and even death in their small town in Ireland. Cathy Kelly's descriptive storyteling makes you feel that you know each of these women personally. I was attracted to some characters more than others but by the end of the book I cared about them all. She is especially adept at moving from one character to another without ever creating confusion or disjointedness. If you want a nice leisurely read with a satisying ending then this book is for you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Comfortable,
By Happeeface "Happee" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best of Friends (Paperback)
Not a "page turner", but the kind of book you want to read when you burrow into your cabbage-rose upholstered armchair that has the lace doiles on the arms and at the back. I'm a sucker for Irish friendship books which is what this one is. Yes, a bit like Maeve Binchy or maybe like Isabelle Wolff or Marian Keyes after their main characters have grown-up.
You have sweet, naive Lizzie who is stunned when her husband leaves her. Her spoiled rotten daughter demands an expensive wedding that Lizzie can't afford. There's Abby who sort of accidentally fell into hosting a hit TV show, but gets a new boss who decides young stars are better. Abby's 15 year old daughter and her husband aren't as happy with her success and high income as she is. Then, there's Erin who ran away from Ireland when she was 18 because she discovered that her parents who raised her were her grandparents. And then, there's wonderful and wise Sally who owns a beauty salon, has outstanding parties and discovers she has advanced breast cancer. You get more than your money's worth with this delightful long book. (With this book long is good!)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Refreshing Book,
By E Anderson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best of Friends (Paperback)
This book goes from happy to sad and back again, it's a little bit emotionally draining. It begins through the eyes of four very different women. Abby, a national TV celebrity; Erin, a young married woman with a troubled past just moving back to Ireland; Lizzie, a divorcé trying to help pay for her daughter's elaborate wedding; and the woman who brought them all together, Sally, a happily married mother of two young boys who recently found out she has a very developed form of breast cancer.
After Sally's death, the three other women attempt to see the positive in their own lives and bond together to pay tribute to their friend.
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