lesahaney 's review for:

Friends with Secrets by Christine Gunderson
5.0

This was my July pick for Amazon First Reads, and wow, I am sure glad I picked it.! Ainsley has the outward appearance of the perfect wife and mother. She is immaculately dressed, has two children, has a fabulous immaculate home, and a wealthy husband who is running for governor. Nikki has just had her fourth child, was let go as a news anchor while on maternity leave, has a home that is littered with toys and chaos, and wears wrinkled Def Leopard t-shirts abs pants held together with safety pins, and is perpetually late for everything. These ladies seem to have little in common except that their children attend the same school; however, nothing is at it seems. A friendship is born when they notice something is off with the newly hired athletic director/coach at their kids school.

This book has a lot of themes about motherhood and friendships that were completely spot on. I laughed out loud several times while reading this one and cried a couple times too. I full on want to be BFFs with these ladies! I absolutely could not put this one down. There are also some great discussion questions at the end. I think this would be a great book club pick. There is a lot to unpack and discuss.