These Girls (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451612547)

Internationally bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen examines the lives of three women working and living together in New York City and shows that family secrets may shape us all, but it's the rich, complicated layers of friendship that can save us.Family secrets may shape us all, but it's the rich, complicated layers of friendship that can save us. Cate, Renee, and Abby have come to New York for very different reasons, and in a bustling city of millions, they are linked together through circumstance and chance. Cate has just been named the features editor of Gloss, a high-end lifestyle magazine. It's a professional coup, but her new job comes with more complications than Cate ever anticipated. Her roommate Renee will do anything to nab the plum job of beauty editor at Gloss. But snide comments about Renee's weight send her into an emotional tailspin. Soon she is taking black market diet pills--despite the racing heartbeat and trembling hands that signal she's heading for real danger. Then there's Abby, whom they take in as a third roommate. Once a joyful graduate student working as a nanny part time, she abruptly fled a seemingly happy life in the D.C. suburbs. No one knows what shattered Abby--or why she left everything she once loved behind. Pekkanen's most compelling, true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate the complications of careers and love--and find the lifeline they need in each other.

Author: Sarah Pekkanen
ISBN-10: 1451612540
ISBN-13: 9781451612547
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.29w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2012 pg. 142
Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 87
Booklist 04/01/2012 pg. 24
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2012
Entertainment Weekly 05/04/2012 pg. 75
People Weekly 05/07/2012 pg. 65