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Eleanor, a retired administrator, sees two young single mothers aimlessly walking up and down her London street. Her determination to alleviate their loneliness, and her own, leads to a group of women meeting at Eleanor’s house on Friday nights. The friendships that develop between Eleanor, Lindsay and her sister Jules, Paula, Blaise and her business partner Karen, become an important part of their lives. The dynamic of the group changes when Paula wants to introduce her new boyfriend, Jackson, into the group. Jackson is polite, unthreatening, confident yet detached. He affects every one of the women and changes the way they relate to each other. This is a novel about friendship, and the way in which it has become, for some people, the new family. The domestic details and the conversations are beautifully observed.
---- Reviewed by Lyn, Headquarters
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