Friends Like These: 'This summer's must-read' - The Times - Softcover

Rosoff, Meg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1526646137 ISBN 13: 9781526646132

Publisher: Bloomsbury YA, 2022

Synopsis

'This summer's must read' - The Times

'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 wonderful, captivating writer' - Daily Telegraph

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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.

About this title

About the Author

Meg Rosoff is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Printz Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and the coveted Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She grew up in a suburb of Boston and moved to London, where she worked in advertising for fifteen years before writing her first novel, How I Live Now, which has sold more than one million copies in thirty-six territories.
She has written critically acclaimed and award-bedecked books for adults, teenagers and younger readers. Almost Nothing Happened follows The Great Godden and Friends Like These, three coming-of-age novels which share a summer theme.
Meg lives in London and spends her summers on the Suffolk coast.
megrosoff.co.uk / @megrosoff

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526646137
• ISBN 13: 9781526646132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320