The Best of Us

Paradise isn't quite what it seems as four college friends meet for an island vacation in this captivating new novel from the acclaimed author of These Girls.

An all-expense-paid week at a luxury villa in Jamaica--it's the invitation of a lifetime for a group of old college friends. All four women are desperate not just for a reunion, but for an escape: Tina is drowning under the demands of mothering four young children. Allie is shattered by the news that a genetic illness runs in her family. Savannah is carrying the secret of her husband's infidelity. And, finally, there's Pauline, who spares no expense to throw her wealthy husband an unforgettable thirty-fifth birthday celebration, hoping it will gloss over the cracks already splitting apart their new marriage.

Languid hours on a private beach, gourmet dinners, and late nights of drinking kick off an idyllic week for the women and their husbands. But as a powerful hurricane bears down on the island, turmoil swirls inside the villa, forcing each of the women to reevaluate everything she knows about her friends--and herself.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 04/09/2013
ISBN: 9781451673517
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/21/2013 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2013
Library Journal 03/15/2013 pg. 105
Booklist 03/15/2013 pg. 60
People Weekly 04/15/2013 pg. 54
Entertainment Weekly 05/03/2013 pg. 68