Four Friends
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Average rating3.6
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Ratings4
Average rating3.6
Gerri can't decide what's more devastating: learning her rock-solid marriage has big cracks, or the anger she feels as she tries to repair the damage. Always the anchor for friends and her three angst-ridden teenagers, it's time to look carefully at herself. The journey for Gerri and her family is more than revealing—it's transforming.
Andy doesn't have a great track record with men, and she's come to believe that for her a lasting love is out of reach. When she finds herself attracted to her down-to-earth, ordinary contractor—a man without any of the qualities that usually appeal to her—she questions everything she thought she wanted in life.
Sonja's lifelong pursuit of balance is shattered when her husband declares he's through with her New Age nonsense and walks out. There's no herbal tonic or cleansing ritual that can restore her serenity—or her sanity.
Miraculously, it's BJ, the reserved newcomer to Mill Valley, who steps into their circle and changes everything. The woman with dark secrets opens up to her neighbors, and together they get each other back on track, stronger as individuals and unfaltering as friends.
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This was my first Robin Carr book. Honestly I can't see myself reading another one. I was Bored. With a capital B. Couldn't wait for it to end - I was yelling at the last 15 pages for the characters to stop talking. Who talks like that in real life? No one I know that's for sure. It was too perfect. The characters never talked or for that matter argued over one another. And the anger. Geez, the anger directed at the men of the book was so over the top it was ridiculous.
The multiple plots might have been ok had they not contained almost every possible social issue out there. If was like reading a cross between a “very special” episode of a sitcom (minus even the hit of humor) and an episode of your favorite issues oriented talk show. Drugs/alcohol use with teens? Check. Husbands who cheats? Check. Mental illness? Check. Abuse? Check. Homophobia? Check. I think the only current events type issue missing was bullying - though I'm sure that was just a simple oversight on the part of the author.
Maybe if you're a huge fan of Carr, you might like this one. Otherwise, I'd skip it.
