The best of us : a novel / Sarah Pekkanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pekkanen, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Self-realization in women--Fiction.

Self-realization in women.

Hurricanes--Fiction.

Hurricanes.

Jamaica--Fiction.

Jamaica.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

338 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Washington Square Press, 2013.

Summary:

An all-expense-paid week at a luxury villa in Jamaica-- it's the invitation of a lifetime for a group of old college friends. All four women are desperate not just for a reunion, but for an escape: Tina is drowning under the demands of mothering four young children. Allie is shattered by the news that a genetic illness runs in her family. Savannah is carrying the secret of her husband's infidelity. And, finally, there's Pauline, who spares no expense to throw her wealthy husband an unforgettable thirty-fifth birthday celebration, hoping it will gloss over the cracks already splitting apart their new marriage. Languid hours on a private beach, gourmet dinners, and late nights of drinking kick off an idyllic week for the women and their husbands. But as a powerful hurricane bears down on the island, turmoil swirls inside the villa, forcing each of the women to reevaluate everything she knows about her friends-- and herself.

Notes:

"Featuring a Washington Square Press readers club guide"--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN:

1451673515

9781451673517

9781451673524

1451673523

OCLC:

800030912

Publisher Number:

99954684500