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A review by vlynch5
The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
4.0
The Friends We Keep is just one of those amazing friend sagas. We follow Maggie, Topher and Evie from college all the way to their 50’s, watching them change, grow, make mistakes, make more mistakes, grieve and love. It’s basically Beaches, or Steel Magnolias or Just As Long As We’re Together all grown up because it isn’t a tragedy.
Maggie is the practical one, Evie the hip one and Topher is the free spirit for sure. After college, they all pursue their own high-powered lives, one as a successful executive, one as a super model and another as a soap star. But even though life takes them in different directions, they always have time for each other. Well, mostly.
Because, as with any story, real or imagined, things happen as we age. And unfortunately, everything isn’t all pretty tied up in a bow. But I think that’s where Green shines in her writing. She is able to write characters that don’t do everything right. She is able to write defeat, embarrassment and all the real emotions.
For me, Maggie, Evie and Topher didn’t just exist on the page. They came to life. I read their stories and now I will carry them with me. That’s one of the best things about books–the friends we make or keep.
Of course I recommend this one to Jane Green fans, Jennifer Wiener fans (I equally love her) and anyone who loves these types of friendship sagas. Special thanks to Berkley Publishing Group and Netgalley for an e-galley in exchange for my review. This one is available June 4, 2019 and would make a delicious beach read! This review will be published on my blog, Women in Trouble Book Blog on May 24, 2019,
Maggie is the practical one, Evie the hip one and Topher is the free spirit for sure. After college, they all pursue their own high-powered lives, one as a successful executive, one as a super model and another as a soap star. But even though life takes them in different directions, they always have time for each other. Well, mostly.
Because, as with any story, real or imagined, things happen as we age. And unfortunately, everything isn’t all pretty tied up in a bow. But I think that’s where Green shines in her writing. She is able to write characters that don’t do everything right. She is able to write defeat, embarrassment and all the real emotions.
For me, Maggie, Evie and Topher didn’t just exist on the page. They came to life. I read their stories and now I will carry them with me. That’s one of the best things about books–the friends we make or keep.
Of course I recommend this one to Jane Green fans, Jennifer Wiener fans (I equally love her) and anyone who loves these types of friendship sagas. Special thanks to Berkley Publishing Group and Netgalley for an e-galley in exchange for my review. This one is available June 4, 2019 and would make a delicious beach read! This review will be published on my blog, Women in Trouble Book Blog on May 24, 2019,