Synopses & Reviews
Gina and Laurence have been the best of friends since childhood, but they've never been in love. For that, they chose others: Gina married Fergus, who gave her a daughter and a life of elegance and wealth, and Laurence wed Hillary, who helped him build a cozy, successful hotel and counts Gina among her dearest friends as well. But when one of these marriages ends, the result is a shift that sends tremors through three generations and two families--as friends become lovers, lovers become enemies, enemies become allies, and another marriage hangs in the balance.
"Thoughtful, seamless" (The Washington Post Book World)
"Delectably sweet and intensely satisfying." (Booklist)
"A moving, convincing, satisfying novel. (Kirkus Reviews)
"An engrossing human drama...[a] tale of easy pleasure and its complicated aftermath. (Publishers Weekly)
Review
“Thoughtful, seamless.”
Washington Post Book World “Trollope tenderly explores the clash between extramarital passion and the bonds of family love…delicious wryness and large doses of empathy.” Good Housekeeping
“It is both a delectably sweet and intensely satisfying undertaking to be swept right along with these carefully crafted characters.” Booklist
“Can a man and woman be friendsbest friends? That age-old (but very contemporary) question is the point on which Joanna Trollope’s new novel turns…Trollope’s prose is skillful, and it’s impossible not to be swept along by her story.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Synopsis
Gina and Laurence have been the best of friends since childhoodbut they’ve never been in love. For marriage, they chose others: Fergus, who gave Gina a lovely daughter and a life of elegance and wealth; and Hilary, who helped Laurence build a cozy, successful hotel, and who counts Gina as one of her dearest friends as well. But when one of these marriages ends, the result is a shift that sends tremors through three generations and two familiesas friends become lovers, lovers become enemies, enemies become allies…and another marriage hangs in the balance. Joanna Trollope is the sort of author who “makes her readers want to drop everything in order to keep on reading” (Publishers Weekly)and The Best of Friends proves her consummate skill once again.
About the Author
Joanna Trollope is a member of the same family as novelist Anthony Trollope.