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Friends and Strangers
by J. Courtney Sullivan
This book had me hooked from the very first page. This author writes using such honest, raw language particularly about what women think.
This book follows the lives of two women: Elisabeth, a new mom and published writer who has recently moved from Brooklyn to small town, USA and Sam, Elisabeth's nanny and a college senior who is trying to find her place in the world.
From the front cover: A job opportunity for her husband, and the chance to live closer to his financially struggling parents, convinced Elisabeth to move. But alone in the new house with their infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text chains with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, who is hired by Elisabeth to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement [with an older man] that threatens her ambition. She's worried about her student loan debt and what the future holds. In short order, Sam and Elisabeth grow close. Sam becomes Elisabeth's confidante, a repository for all the secrets Elisabeth is too ashamed to tell even her husband. Elisabeth, in turn, offers guidance, allaying Sam's fears.
A masterly exploration of modern motherhood, power dynamics within friendships, and privilege in it's many forms...reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.
This book follows the lives of two women: Elisabeth, a new mom and published writer who has recently moved from Brooklyn to small town, USA and Sam, Elisabeth's nanny and a college senior who is trying to find her place in the world.
From the front cover: A job opportunity for her husband, and the chance to live closer to his financially struggling parents, convinced Elisabeth to move. But alone in the new house with their infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text chains with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, who is hired by Elisabeth to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement [with an older man] that threatens her ambition. She's worried about her student loan debt and what the future holds. In short order, Sam and Elisabeth grow close. Sam becomes Elisabeth's confidante, a repository for all the secrets Elisabeth is too ashamed to tell even her husband. Elisabeth, in turn, offers guidance, allaying Sam's fears.
A masterly exploration of modern motherhood, power dynamics within friendships, and privilege in it's many forms...reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.