The best of friends

Description

Gina and Laurence had been the best of friends ever since they were teens - but never in love. Gina married Fergus Bedford, an antique dealer who bought the sophisticated and elegant High Place for them to live in. Laurence married Hilary, a down-to-earth woman who helped him transform his shambling inheritance, The Bee House, into both a home and a small hotel. When Fergus realizes that living with Gina and their daughter, Sophy, is no longer what he wants, it's to The Bee House that Gina flees, beginning a cycle of misery and heartache. It ricochets through both families - from Sophy, who longs for things to be as they were; to Gus, Laurence and Hilary's son, who adores Sophy; to Gina's 80-year-old mother, Vi, who has found true love for the first time in her life. In her loss, Gina turns to her dearest friend, Laurence, and finds something completely unexpected - the type of love that will send both marriages to the brink of betrayal.

First Sentence

On their dawdling way home, Gus said he really needed a smoke.

Description

Gina and Laurence had been the best of friends ever since they were teens - but never in love. For marriage, they turned to others: Gina to antique dealer Fergus Bedford, who buys elegant High Place for them to live in; Laurence to down-to-earth Hilary, with whose help he turns his shambling inheritance, The Bee House, into both home and small hotel. When Fergus decides that living with Gina and their daughter, Sophy, is no longer to his liking, it's to The Bee House that Gina flees, beginning a cycle of misery and heartache.

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Other Editions

• The best of friends: Joanna Trollope.Viking1998-01-01
• The best of friendsF. A. Thorpe1995-01-01
• The best of friendsBloomsbury1995-01-01
• The best of friendsCompass Press1995-01-01
• The best of friendsBCA1996-01-01
• De si bonnes amiesCalmann-Lévy1996-01-01