As seen on The Today Show!The Friends We Keep is the heartwarming and unforgettable New York Times bestselling novel from Jane Green, author of The Sunshine Sisters and The Beach House.Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known one another since college. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now years have passed, the friends have drifted apart, and they never found the lives … friends have drifted apart, and they never found the lives they wanted—the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible.
Evvie starved herself to become a supermodel but derailed her career by sleeping with a married man.
Maggie married Ben, the boy she fell in love with in college, never imagining the heartbreak his drinking would cause.
Topher became a successful actor, but the shame of a childhood secret shut him off from real intimacy.
By their thirtieth reunion, these old friends have lost touch with one another and with the people they dreamed of becoming. Together again, they have a second chance at happiness…until a dark secret is revealed that changes everything.
The Friends We Keep is about how despite disappointments we’ve had or mistakes we’ve made, it’s never too late to find a place to call home.
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Another outstanding offering from the ridiculously talented Jane Green. I’ve read everything she’s written and this is definitely one of my favorites. It felt so real, so personal…the characters were perfect and flawed and I want to be friends with them in real life.
I enjoyed going back and forth between the US and the UK and seeing the characters in various settings. I laughed with them, and I cried with them and for them.
This is a wonderful story about friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, love, growing up, and growing older. It’s got a little bit of everything and I could hardly put it down.
Thank you for another great read, Jane!!
Good summer read. I enjoy Jane Green novels.
The three friends, who met in college, have withstood time. They’ve each moved on, led separate lives, and have now come back together. While keeping in touch with each other throughout the years, they kept secrets from each other. After 30 years, they are back together and reliving their lives.
The style of writing in this book is perfect. I love that it starts with a short blurb about the present and then it goes back and starts with Evvie, Maggie, and Topher meeting and moves forward from there. Knowing their past, their history helps to better understand the present. I love how open, accepting, and understanding they are of each other. They accept each other’s quirks, they are open to each other’s lifestyle choices, and they love each other entirely. Their relationships are the type that is made to last miles apart, changes in lifestyles, and forever.
Everything about Jane Green’s book is wonderful. She writes a story that pulled me in, kept me turning pages, and left me wondering what was next for these three. I recommend picking up your own copy and enjoying these engaging characters.
The Friends We Keep by Jane Green was one of those books I had a hard time putting down. Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have been friends since college. As it often happens they eventually lost touch with one another. Did their lives turn out as they expected? Did they eventually find each other again? You’ll need to read the book to find out. This book will not disappoint. Highly recommend!
Jane Green does it again with this story of friendship, choices and secrets. This book follows Evvie, Maggie and Topher from their meeting at University in 1986-1989, the In Between Years 1992-2016 and Present Day 2019.
The 3 are thick as thieves when they meet, sharing rooms, dreams and secrets. After graduation, an indiscretion happens which leads to a major secret being kept. As in real life, the truth will eventually come out at some point and friendship will be tested.
The characters are realistic, and likeable. Situations are relatable. Initially, I was disappointed with the ending, but as I think about it, it ended the way it should. There was a lot going on, but that again is real life!
Thanks to Library Thing for the ARC. Opinion is my own.
I am definitely going to have book hangover after this one!! I absolutely loved it. Loved the characters, loved the story, loved the locations. Loved everything about it and it will stay with me for a long while. I want friends like these!! I won an ARC of this on Goodreads. Thank you to GR and the Publisher.