The Friends We Keep

Author: Green, Jane

Color: Multicolor

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• The Friends We Keep Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 384

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As seen on The Today Show!The Friends We Keep is the heartwarming and unforgettable New York Times bestselling novel from Jane Green, author of The Sunshine Sisters and The Beach House. Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known one another since college. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now years have passed, the friends have drifted apart, and they never found the lives they wanted—the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible.  Evvie starved herself to become a supermodel but derailed her career by sleeping with a married man.  Maggie married Ben, the boy she fell in love with in college, never imagining the heartbreak his drinking would cause.  Topher became a successful actor, but the shame of a childhood secret shut him off from real intimacy.  By their thirtieth reunion, these old friends have lost touch with one another and with the people they dreamed of becoming. Together again, they have a second chance at happiness...until a dark secret is revealed that changes everything.  The Friends We Keep is about how despite disappointments we’ve had or mistakes we’ve made, it’s never too late to find a place to call home.

Reviews:

Praise for The Friends We Keep

“Love, grief, and forgiveness illuminate this compelling summer read.”

— Kirkus Reviews“Green writes with a clear, unfettered voice, filling this page-turner with plot twists and hinting at the power of forgiveness.”—

Publishers Weekly“Bestselling author Jane Green is beloved for her dynamic characters and heartwarming plotlines—and her newest delivers!...A rich story of forgiveness and friendship.”

— Woman's World

About the Author:

The author of 18  New York Times bestsellers and 19  USA Today bestsellers, Jane Green is a former journalist in the UK and a graduate of the International Culinary Center in New York.  Her many bestselling novels include  Jemima J, The Beach House, Falling, The Sunshine Sisters, and, most recently,  The Friends We Keep, and she has published one cookbook,  Good Taste. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof*** Copyright © 2018 Jane Green PROLOGUE 2016 BEN I worry that it’s too late, that I should have done this years ago instead of burying my head in the sand and letting my marriage drift. My sobriety feels different this time, and these past few months I’ve been nostalgic. I’m praying it’s not too late to make amends for the hell I’ve put her through, to start again. I’ve been thinking about how it used to be, when we were first married, on our honeymoon when we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. The hotel staff couldn’t help but smile when they saw us—we were so in love. Those early years were so good. Finding the house in Somerset, trying for a baby, convinced that life would go our way, that we would get everything we ever wanted. I hope to God it’s not too late for us to get back on track. Let’s face it, I’m not an impulsive man. I’m a scientist. I don’t do anything impulsively, other than the years I was drinking. But I’m sober now. My doctor said one more drink would kill me. For the first time in my life, falling off the wagon isn’t an option. I’ve had nine months without a drink, and this time I feel great. The only thing that’s not working is my marriage, and I can’t blame her. I’ve put my poor wife through hell all these years. The drinking, the blackouts, the disappearing for days at a time. I can’t believe she’s stuck by me, although if I’m honest, it’s in name only. We’ve barely spoken since I started working in London. When I’m home on the weekends, we pass each other like ships in the night. I know she’s still checking the bins for empty bottles of vodka. I thought I had made my amends to her for the years of pain, but it wasn’t enough. I can feel her slipping away, withdrawing so completely into herself that I don’t know ...

EAN: 9780399583346

Release Date: 04-06-2019

Languages: English

Item Condition: New

Binding: Hardcover