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  • By: Meg Rosoff
  • Narrated by: Amy Handelman
  • Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)
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Friends Like These

By: Meg Rosoff
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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Friends Like These by Meg Rosoff, read by Amy Handelman.

From the incomparable Meg Rosoff, bestselling author of How I Live Now and The Great Godden, comes an alluring coming-of-age tale about the summer that changes everything.

New York City. June, 1982. When eighteen-year-old Beth arrives in Manhattan for a prestigious journalism internship, everything feels brand new—and not always in a good way. A cockroach-infested sublet and a disaffected roommate are the least of her worries, and she soon finds herself caught up with her fellow interns—preppy Oliver, ruthless Dan and ridiculously cool, beautiful, wild Edie.

Soon, Beth and Edie are best friends—the sort of heady, all-consuming best-friendship that’s impossible to resist. But with the mercury rising and deceit mounting up, betrayal lies just around the corner. Who needs enemies...when you have friends like these?

From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a gritty, intoxicating novel about a summer of unforgettable firsts: of independence, lies, love and the inevitable loss of innocence.

Sharp and irresistible, it's perfect for fans of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends and Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan.

©2022 Meg Rosoff (P)2022 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Critic reviews

"A wonderful, captivating writer." (Daily Telegraph)

"An irresistible account of female friendship.... Nobody describes the strength, pain and comedy of being young as elegantly and eloquently as Meg Rosoff." (Amanda Craig)

"A magical and utterly faultless voice." (Mark Haddon)

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A good story but lacks any depth

I think it was a great story and I enjoyed the first half far more than the second. It seems to kind of trail off at the end and has an ending similar to those of “…and then I woke up”. It seems unfinished in some way and an abrupt end. I would have probably rated it higher if it wasn’t for the ending.

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