false 2877643 7 An unlikely friendship between women that spans two decades drives this unforgettable first novel.<br><br>Oberlin College, 1973. Clare Mann, the daughter of a Protestant working-class family from Ohio, has never met anyone like her new roommate, Sally Rose. Wealthy, pretty, and Jewish, barely emancipated from her close-knit Los Angeles family, Sally has led a sheltered life. Still, she and the hard-working, jaded Clare form an extraordinary friendship that endures for years, through disastrous marriages, motherhood, and demanding careers on opposite coasts. Clare is fascinated by Sally's calm probity, her family's seeming perfection, the utter confidence and willful naivete that rule her personal life, while sheer ruthlessness governs her law practice. She comes to need Sally the way she has never needed anyone, and her trips to California provide respite from her own family difficulties and her growing responsibilities as a doctor specializing in AIDS.<br><br>But as Clare grows closer to the Roses over the years, especially to Sally's father, she stumbles upon a carefully guarded family secret that could alienate her from Sally forever. And when the death of Ben, Sally's heroin-addicted younger brother, follows soon after the death of their mother, Clare is stunned to see this once-enviable and larger-than-life family reduced to human proportions.<br><br>In this impressive debut, Martha Moody is pitch-perfect in her depiction of the subtle shifts of emotion and perspective that occur as people-and friendships-mature. Readers of Iris Rainer Dart's <i>Beaches</i> and Elizabeth Strout's <i>Amy and Isabelle</i> will delight in <i>Best Friends</i>. 2883088 4 6 2001 Best Friends total:1868|5:152|4:460|3:733|2:399|1:124| 1868 5721 2455 334 4 3 false false Fri Mar 21 08:48:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:43:58 -0700 2008 2 1 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 18 06:23:36 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 02 19:43:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Sep 05 08:09:49 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 02 19:43:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:09:08 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:48:07 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:06:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 11:48:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:46:13 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:47:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 true false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 07:33:23 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 12:05:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 04:57:55 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 05:05:20 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 04 09:57:44 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:03:47 -0700 2009
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