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)
Industry Reviews
"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 friends--best 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 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
" 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" "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 friends--best 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