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Best Friends Forever (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Jennifer Weiner (Author) (edit contributors)

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Some bonds can never be broken... Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while... read more

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When Addie and Valerie became neighbors as children, Addie was certain they would remain BFFs forever. However a negative high school incident left Addie (the overweight and loyal friend) hurt--and tore the two into two directions where they remained until, 15 years later, Valerie (high school... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

When Addie and Valerie became neighbors as children, Addie was certain they would remain BFFs forever. However a negative high school incident left Addie (the overweight and loyal friend) hurt--and tore the two into two directions where they remained until, 15 years later, Valerie (high school cheerleader, now weather girl) entered Addie's life again...and with blood on her sleeve and in need of help.

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  • “I was single, true. I was desperate, also true. I had slept with only one man at the shamefully advanced age of thirty-three. I'd never heard the words "I love you" from somone who wasn't a parent. But still, I was not going home with a guy who claimed to have been violated by space aliens. A girl has her limits.”
    Addie Downs
  • “"Okay, first of all, I don't think Animal House was supposed to be instructional."”
    Addie Downs
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  • “You’re too self-conscious,” Val scolded, shading her eyes and peering down the street. “It’s like you’re already thinking of every bad thing someone could think about you before they even think it.
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  • But it was so unfair! To get a date on the Internet, a woman had to be many things, starting with thin and proceeding relentlessly to attractive and pleasant and a good listener and good company. Young, of course. Still fertile, still cute, with a good body and a decent job and a supportive (but not intrusive) family. The men didn’t even have to be sane.
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  • soliloquy, an essay, could have sung an entire libretto on the topic of loneliness, but instead I’d just said, “I don’t mind being by myself.”
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  • Disinhibition, said my mother, as if giving me the technical term would make it better. It will pass. Jon had to relearn everything—how to dress himself and brush his teeth, how to tie his shoes, how to cut and chew and swallow his food, how to read, how to use the bathroom (that last one they’d mostly taught him in the hospital, which was good, because it
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Pleasant Ridge, Illinois: Suburb of Chicago where the main characters grow up. Many of them, including Addie, still live there.

First Sentence edit see section history

Dan Swansea came awake in the darkness, not knowing for a minute who he was or where.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in New York Times Bestsellers (Current). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jennifer Weiner (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Nancy Springer (Designer)
  2. Greer Hendricks (Editor)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Atria Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 0743294297
Page Count: 368

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3573 .E2935 B47 2009
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Adult content.

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