If you entrust your identity to your only friend, how do you grow up to be yourself? When self-doubting Debbie meets confident Antoinette in 1980s suburban New Zealand, her adolescent worries seem to be over. But while their connection deepens into adulthood, joy and aspiration increasingly compete with insidious jealousy. The years become decades and the complexities of their bond weave through the milestones of love, travel, marriage and motherhood. Exploring the unspoken side of a long-lasting friendship, this novel traces the hilarity and pain to its compelling conclusion. Supercharged with inescapable truths about relationships, What Friends Do will set your book club on fire.
Engrossing story of friendship between two girls in New Zealand. Shy, thoughtful Debbie meets outgoing, uninhibited Antoinette on their first day of high school. The book follows their lives as they grow up.