Along the way, Val and Addie stage what may be the funniest not-quite-heist ever pulled off as they evade the heat over the missing Dan. But the payback gets more complicated when police chief Jordan Novick, nursing a broken heart and a crush-at-first-sight with Addie, is called in to investigate Dan's disappearance. Juggling the politics of broken families, heartbreaking betrayal and shaky self-esteem, two girlhood pals-ugly duckling Addie and wounded beauty Valerie-reconnect after their high school reunion, where Valerie exacts a long-in-coming revenge on smug former beau Dan Swansea.
( )Ĭhick lit doyenne Weiner offers airtight proof that the genre thrives with this clever, sad and sweet turn on Thelma and Louise–style rage. I would highly recommend this novel as a book club selection as it has a "Reader's Club Guide" with "Questions and Topics for Discussion," "Tips to Enhance Your Book Club Experience," and "A Conversation with Jennifer Weiner" that will easily generate even more interesting discussion. It also explores that a night of fun can become a nightmare with long-lasting effects. Don't they? The novel explores how a choice that seems simple can have complexities beyond the moment of choice. Don't they? Best friends have the same perspective about their past. Best friends know everything about each other. Does childhood friendship endure through high school? Does high school friendship endure to become forever friends? There are treasured memories, secrets shared, and dreams that seemed easy to achieve. This novel is thought-provoking with mystery and humor exploring loyalty, vulnerability, perspective, and forgiveness against the backdrop of friendships and relationships.
Addie isn't sure she should answer that knock on the door but in some ways she's been waiting for that knock for a long time. Val and Addie haven't seen each other since they were 17 so Val isn't sure what Addie's reaction will be when she knocks on Addie's door but the reunion is over and Val needs someone she can trust. Valerie is a meteorologist on the nightly news for a Chicago TV station and Addie works from home (actually her childhood home) painting watercolors for greeting cards in the small town of Pleasant Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. On the night of the reunion Addie has arranged to meet her 6th blind date for dinner at a local restaurant using the same dating website during the last several weeks.
The other girlfriend (Addie Downs) didn't go to the Senior Prom and has discarded every postcard with details about the reunion. One girlfriend (Valerie Alder) attended the reunion just as she went to the Senior Prom. The high school reunion for the Class of 1992 with dinner and dancing at the Lakeview Country Club should be a night of nostalgia and fun as it was the same location for the Senior Prom.
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