Hardback Book: 384 pgs.
Excellent book. Three unlikely folk Evvie, Maggie and Topher meet and become roommates while in college and though their backgrounds are completely different they all make sense together. Before they leave their alma mater they make a pact that if when they turn 50 they are all single they will all move back in with one another. They part making jokes about who will likely succeed in life and who will struggle who will need at least one of the other two to keep them out of poverty's clutches and who will cling to one another like a lifeline in order to survive their desperate circumstances coming up with all sorts of scenarios and laughing louder at each horrible possibility. They go on with their lives, Evvie becoming a fashion model travelling the world on photo shoots, Maggie, who's life had been posher than Evvie's when they were young but now had settled down with the love of her life, Ben, who Evvie sort of hated for a long time when they worked at the same bar and Evvie told her two pals how evil he was to her, thus getting him dubbed, "Evil Ben." Topher persued a career in acting, though openly gay, he never had a deeply committed intimate relationship. They fall out of touch as people do but got back together for their 30th college reunion. Old times seemed so far away, yet, they missed those great times they had together. The pact came up in conversation. Love and betrayal, secrets, lies, sorrow, joy but through it all friendship. Life takes each of the three on some strange journeys and each felt not quite right in the lot they were dealt. Circumstances bring the three together again but what they don't know can hurt them. Can they keep their circle of friendship or will it drift away with time? Great story, I won't spoil it but this one is REALLY good. I recommend it to anyone. A very well written story about how the best of intentions can sometimes go wrong. Well done, Jane Green.
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