Holly Bourne

Girl Friends

Ian Brakspear

There's nothing WRONG with you; if you struggle in life, it's about what's HAPPENED to you?

cher elle

I can’t lie I thought this book was going to be about two girls that had a life defining gay experience as teens and boy was I wrong 💀

sharkie

Holly Bourne never fails to deliver with any of her books and Girl Friends is no different. Instantly after the first couple of chapters I was drawn into the Characters’ lives and wanted nothing more than to Find out what happened next as every Chapter left you with a little Cliffhanger. The Book is set across 2 time Periods - Present day and Events that happened whilst at School, College, and Uni in the past and leading up to now.

Fern is a thirty-odd mental health editor for Gah! website, a suicide survivor, and a feminist. Fern's best friend is Jessica from their schooldays who has just appeared on the show Fern is hosting despite them not having spoken for a decade. Jessica has moved back to the country from America with her daughter, seven-year-old Bridget, after her divorce. The reasons for the two friends' estrangement still lurk and as their lives start to re-entwine, Fern wonders if the past is coming back to haunt her.

This book essentially explores the complexity of female friendships, right through from being a teenager to adulthood. The Novel is Powerful, Smart, Sad, and amusing all at the same time. Bourne depicts well the emotional turmoil lots of young women experience as they come of age and the complexities of female friendships. Insecurity, angst, fear, anxiety, judgement, and pleasing others are examined or touched on. Such a Powerful read that makes it an unputdownable read.

Holly Bourne never fails to deliver with any of her books and Girl Friends is no different. Instantly after the first couple of chapters I was drawn into the Characters’ lives and wanted nothing more than to Find out what happened next as every Chapter left you with a little Cliffhanger. The Book is set across 2 time Periods - Present day and Events that happened whilst at School, College, and Uni in the past and leading up to now.

 

Fern is a thirty-odd mental health editor for Gah! website, a suicide survivor, and a feminist. Fern's best friend is Jessica from their schooldays who has just appeared on the show Fern is hosting despite them not having spoken for a decade. Jessica has moved back to the country from America with her daughter, seven-year-old Bridget, after her divorce. The reasons for the two friends' estrangement still lurk and as their lives start to re-entwine, Fern wonders if the past is coming back to haunt her.

 

This book essentially explores the complexity of female friendships, right through from being a teenager to adulthood. The Novel is Powerful, Smart, Sad, and amusing all at the same time. Bourne depicts well the emotional turmoil lots of young women experience as they come of age and the complexities of female friendships. Insecurity, angst, fear, anxiety, judgement, and pleasing others are examined or touched on. Such a Powerful read that makes it an unputdownable read.

Girl Friends

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