Her work has been translated into 17 languages. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements, and Saints For All Occasions. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth’s father-in-law, the true differences between the women’s lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she’s always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition.
Enter Sam, a senior at a local college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms’ Facebook group, her “influencer” sister’s Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift.
The best-selling author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions brings us an insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life.Įlisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Click the button below to buy tickets online through Eventrbrite (fees apply), or call Wellesley Books at 78 to buy tickets by phone (no fees). Your $5 ticket can be used as a coupon off a copy of Friends and Strangers bought from Wellesley Books. Courtney will be in conversation with Rumaan Alam, author of Rich and Pretty and his latest, Leave the World Behind. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and Saints For All Occasions, joins us to celebrate the paperback release of her 2020 bestseller, Friends and Strangers.
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