What My Best Friend Did, (Paperback)

from maryintexas39

"What My Best Friend Did" by Lucy Dawson was an enjoyable read. It's the story of Alice who's in the middle of a so-so relationship with Tony. She's a photographer and on an assignment in L.A. meets Gretchen, a vivacious children's show host. Gretchen provides some excitement in Alice's ho-hum li...

from heike6

I read this book in a day. Even though the subject matter was familiar to me, I was still hooked until the end, trying to see what would happen. This is a great lesson for someone who is doing well in life but thinks they should live a more exciting lifestyle. This is how painful it is to be frie...

from indygo88

This may not have been the first book of its type, but it was somewhat different & fresh to me, and I liked it. Girl meets new friend, they become close, and then new friend turns out to be not quite what she seems. The way the author switched back & forth in time -- alluding to things, but not q...

from polfies63

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a quick read and not hard to follow even though the narrative skips from present day hospital bed to past. I was reminded of Maggie O'Farrell's book After You'd Gone - young 20 something has a terrible shock, decides to kill herself, fails and then we are left...

from mzonderm

If there is a textbook for "How to Write a Suspenseful Novel," then Lucy Dawson has surely read it. Her book opens on a suspenseful scene of Alice calling an ambulance for Gretchen, who has apparently tried to commit suicide by drinking and taking pills. But the reader is clearly not getting all ...