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Complex friendship dynamics threatening marital stability.
If you've ever found your long-standing friendships at odds with your romantic relationships, "The Best Of Friends" will resonate deeply. Joanna Trollope navigates the nuanced boundaries between platonic and romantic affection with an unflinching eye, capturing the subtlety and pain of evolving relationships. It's a compelling exploration of love and loyalty that could illuminate your own bonds.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780552996433
Authors:
Joanna Trollope
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date of Publication: 1996-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.69
(rated by 2379 readers)
Description
Gina and Laurence have been the best of friends ever since they were teenagers. They have never been in love - just friends. Now, Gina is married to the exquisitely tasteful Fergus and lives in stylish perfection at High Place. Laurence is married to down-to-earth Hilary and lives in the Bee House, a home and hotel. Then, with elegant disdain, Fergus announces that he is leaving Gina and their teenage daughter. As Gina's misery ricochets through the two homes, she turns for emotional support to Laurence, her dearest friend. And as Laurence gives comfort, so his own marriage and the stability of his children edges towards destruction ...
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Complex friendship dynamics threatening marital stability.
If you've ever found your long-standing friendships at odds with your romantic relationships, "The Best Of Friends" will resonate deeply. Joanna Trollope navigates the nuanced boundaries between platonic and romantic affection with an unflinching eye, capturing the subtlety and pain of evolving relationships. It's a compelling exploration of love and loyalty that could illuminate your own bonds.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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