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Friends Like These

'This summer's must-read' - The Times

Meg Rosoff

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English
Bloomsbury
05 July 2022
'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

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.

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Imprint:   Bloomsbury
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9781526646132
ISBN 10:   1526646137
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Meg Rosoff is the author of seven young-adult novels including the bestselling How I Live Now. She is the winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Printz Award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, an Alex Award and the coveted Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She lived in New York for nine years, where she worked in publishing and advertising.

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

A wonderful, captivating writer * Daily Telegraph * A magical and utterly faultless voice * Mark Haddon * This smart and humorous novel is, from the first sentence, rapture to read * Sunday Times on THE GREAT GODDEN` * Brilliant and impactful * Pandora Sykes on THE GREAT GODDEN * A powerful and painful evocation of first love * Daily Mail on THE GREAT GODDEN * This dreamy novel ... charms and seduces effortlessly. Just like those long, hot, lazy summers of your childhood, by the end of it, you'll want to start all over again ***** * Heat Magazine on THE GREAT GODDEN * An irresistible account of female friendship set on the cusp between of adulthood in 1980s New York. Nobody describes the strength, pain and comedy of being young as elegantly and eloquently as Meg Rosoff -- Amanda Craig This summer's must-read YA novel * The Times * Highly filmic ... gorgeously evoked * Spectator * Beautifully written and evocative ... An intoxicating mix of love, friendship and learning over one unforgettable summer * Reading Zone * Rosoff conjures up dazzlingly that stage of life when the possibilities can be endless, but the probability is that you'll just annoy your boss, snog someone inappropriate and lose a friend after a bad call. This summer's must-read. * The Times *


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