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Bad Girls, Good Women

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The language used in the book is so amazing, the way everything is described. The characters are so very realistic, you become wrapped up in their lives, and feel as though they were your friends since childhood. It is an incredible book, it really gives the reader a better understanding of themselves,and others.

This is my favorite "chick lit" novel. It traces the lives and 30-year friendship (from the late 1950s to the late 1970s) of two British girls who run away together from their repressive suburban backgrounds.

Mattie is a lower-class girl who struggles to overcome the poverty and sexual abuse in her past and become a famous actress; while Julia is an intelligent, loving, yet headstrong person who allows a tragic fire and an obsession with an American aviator to destroy her marriage until she matures enough to realize what she had.

The author has a gift for expressive language, witty dialogue, and developing her characters so that you sympathize and stick with them through more than 600 pages, even with all of their faults. Although slow paced at times (it literally takes years for Julia to realize that she still loves her ex-husband and even more years before they finally get back together), you are so wrapped up in the characters and their lives that when you finally come to the sad yet satisfying ending of this book, you feel you have made a worthwhile journey with two friends.

All in all, a great novel about the changing roles of women and the bonds that can grow between them.