Before Everything

A PRIMA BEST READ OF 2017 'At once tough and tender, funny and sad, this beautifully written novel articulates the dynamic realities of those wondrous friendships that last a lifetime.' Siri Hustvedt Anna, Molly, Ming, Caroline, Helen: the Old Friends. Since adopting their official name aged eleven, they have seen each other through careers, children, illnesses, marriage, divorce, addiction, fame, fall outs. But now, Anna - fiercely loved mother and friend, and the Old Friends' glue - is diagnosed with cancer again, and this time, tired of recoveries and relapses, pitying looks and exhausting regimes, she simply says: no more. As her health declines, the politics of the still lived-in world merge with memories of the past while each Old Friend tries to accept the truth of what is happening: they are losing someone they cannot imagine life without. Before Everything is a celebration of friendship and love between a group of wonderful women. End of sixth grade they made it their official name. It was a joke one afternoon but they liked the way it sounded. Permanent. The Old Friends. This way, the five girls agree, it's just a fact. And ours forever.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Redel, Redel Victoria
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781473651821
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-5182-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 222 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Medical, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects