The Best Friend
Published on 23. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7515-8396-0 (ISBN)
Description
'The most complex of bonds is explored in this startlingly original and finely drawn portrait of female friendship, with all its uplifting and destructive intensity'
ELLERY LLOYD
'An absolute jewel of a book which puts seven decades of complicated female friendship under the microscope - and reveals dark truths. It's a masterclass in things unsaid, in both form and content'
ERIN KELLY
An unsettling, gripping and original novel by Jessica Fellowes, author of the international smash hit, award-winning Mitford Murders series.
Kate and Bella, Bella and Kate. From childhood they were inseparable yet polar opposites: Bella sensible and cautious, Kate gregarious and just a little dangerous.
Then men came into their lives and things changed: a black seed was set in in the heart of their relationship. Over decades, acts of both cruelty and love feed that seed until one shocking event leads to further tragedy. Neither will escape unscathed.
In her first standalone novel, Jessica Fellowes explores the darkest corners of female friendship, a place where loyalty and betrayal become one.
ELLERY LLOYD
'An absolute jewel of a book which puts seven decades of complicated female friendship under the microscope - and reveals dark truths. It's a masterclass in things unsaid, in both form and content'
ERIN KELLY
An unsettling, gripping and original novel by Jessica Fellowes, author of the international smash hit, award-winning Mitford Murders series.
Kate and Bella, Bella and Kate. From childhood they were inseparable yet polar opposites: Bella sensible and cautious, Kate gregarious and just a little dangerous.
Then men came into their lives and things changed: a black seed was set in in the heart of their relationship. Over decades, acts of both cruelty and love feed that seed until one shocking event leads to further tragedy. Neither will escape unscathed.
In her first standalone novel, Jessica Fellowes explores the darkest corners of female friendship, a place where loyalty and betrayal become one.
Reviews / Votes
The most complex of bonds is explored in this startlingly original and finely drawn portrait of female friendship, with all its uplifting and destructive intensity * Ellery Lloyd * An absolute jewel of a book which puts seven decades of complicated female friendship under the microscope - and reveals dark truths. It's a masterclass in things unsaid, in both form and content. * Erin Kelly * Straight-from-life characters and knife-sharp insight into the ties that bind us. The best book on female friendship I have ever read * Celia Walden * An absorbing tale of the intricate tangle of friendship, both dark and human * Alexandra Shulman * Searing domestic noir. Fellowes paints an unflinching portrait of female friendship that should appeal to fans of Julie Mayhew and Leila Slimani * Publishers Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
224 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-8396-0 (9780751583960)
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Person
Jessica Fellowes is an author, journalist and public speaker. Her bestselling The Mitford Murders series has been nominated for awards in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, and sold into eighteen territories. Jessica is also the author of five official companion books to Downton Abbey, various of which hit the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists. She has written short stories for Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue, and made numerous appearances on radio, podcasts and television. She lives in Oxfordshire with her family.
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