The Best of Friends
Susan Mallery
Pocket, Sep 28 2010, $7.99
ISBN: 9781416567189
In high school in Southern California, Jayne Scott was an introverted student who spilled coffee on herself even while walking through life cautiously. Rebecca Worden was a beautiful extrovert who ran through life as if running the 100 yard dash, but never spilled a drop on herself. They became the best of friends and remained BFFs though Rebecca fled the country for the past dozen years.
While Rebecca was overseas, her mother Elizabeth and to a lesser degree her dad Blaine “adopted” Jayne as her offspring when the latter’s mom died. Now Rebecca has come home to cause her mother havoc. However, the return of the prodigal natural daughter may impact her pal big time, but not as much as the return of Elizabeth’s prodigal son David, who the introverted Jayne has loved since first meeting him back in her high school days.
This is an entertaining extended family drama that fans will enjoy as the cast, for the most part, seems genuine. In spite of Elizabeth being over the top of the Sierras with her all consuming control of anyone inside her sphere, she makes the tale entertaining as she manipulates those who try to care about her. Readers will enjoy the Best of Friends as the audience will want to know what happens to Jayne.
Harriet Klausner
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