Synopses & Reviews
What happens when you find out something you wish you didnt know? From the critically acclaimed author of
Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family (“Taut, sharp . . . Vibrantly textured”
The New York Times Book Review;
“Unnervingly delightful”
The Miami Herald ), here is a smart, generous novel about two New York City women, the bonds of friendship, and the powerand responsibilityof secrets.
Alice, the proprietor of a chic Madison Avenue resale shop, and Nanny, a Carnegie Hill real-estate broker, have never met before, but they have one thing in common: their best friend Roberta, who has just died of cancer. Roberta has trusted them with her last requestthat together they open her safe-deposit box. What they discover inside compels two very different women to join forces on a journey neither really wants to take.
Wryly observed, and rich with the atmosphere of New York Cityfrom the Gotham salad at Bergdorfs to the “Classic 6” apartment with OPW views (Other Peoples Windows)To My Dearest Friends is a serious book that happens to be funny: a novel of real feeling and real life, about how what we hide from those we love can take us places we never imagined wed go.
About the Author
Patricia Volk is also the author of the novel White Light and two collections of short stories, All It Takes and The Yellow Banana. Her stories, book reviews, and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, New York, The New Yorker, Playboy, Redbook, GQ, The Quarterly, and O, The Oprah Magazine, and she was a weekly columnist for New York Newsday. She lives in New York City.