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    My Very Best Friend

    By Cathy Lamb

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    A poignant novel of two women whose childhood friendship transforms to a journey of discovery—from the acclaimed author of All About Evie.
     
    Charlotte Mackintosh is an internationally known bestselling romance writer who has no love life and remains a mystery to her fans. In fact, she has little in her life besides her work, her pampered cats, and her secluded home off the coast of Washington. And then there is her very best friend, Bridget, who lives in Scotland, where Charlotte lived until she was fifteen. Bridget, whom Charlotte hasn’t seen in twenty years, but continues to write to—though the replies have stopped. Hurt by the silence, an opportunity arises to find answers—and maybe much more.
     
    Charlotte must finally return to Scotland to sell her late father’s cottage. It was his tragic death when Charlotte was fifteen that began her growing isolation, and the task is fraught with memories. But her plans are slowed when she’s confronted with the beautiful but neglected house, the irresistible garden—and Toran, Bridget’s brother. Capable and kind, Toran has the answers Charlotte seeks. And as she is drawn deeper into the community she thought she’d left behind, Charlotte learns not only more about her dear friend, but about herself—and discovers a new and unexpected path.
     
    “[A] poignant, funny and winsome novel . . . Witty, wise and wonderful, My Very Best Friend is another winner for me.”—Book’d Out
    “An epic story of love and loss . . . satisfying and heartfelt.”—Compass Book Ratings
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKensington Books
    Release dateJul 28, 2015
    ISBN9780758295095
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    My Very Best Friend
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    Cathy Lamb

    Cathy Lamb lives in Oregon. She is married with three children. She writes late at night when it’s just her and the moon and a few shooting stars.

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    • 5/5
      From Cathy Lamb, comes another poignant, funny and winsome novel, titled My Very Best Friend.After a twenty year absence, reclusive bestselling romance writer, Charlotte Mackintosh is returning home to Scotland to arrange the sale of her family’s cottage. She is also hoping to reconnect with her childhood best friend, Bridget, who has stopped replying to her letters. She is shocked to discover the cottage in a state of bad disrepair, and to learn that Bridget, who has been living a lie, is missing.My Very Best Friend is a story about friendship, about love, about childhood and coming home. It features a decidedly odd but endearing heroine, a handsome Scotsman, a broken woman and a community of quirky characters.It deals with serious issues including sexual abuse, domestic violence, drug addiction, grief, and the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. There are some unbearably tragic moments in the novel that had tears welling in my eyes, others that had me gritting teeth at the injustice.But what Lamb does best is to remind us that life, for all its sorrows, can be utterly glorious. Charlotte and Toran’s reconnection will have you sighing and swooning, the ladies of the St Ambrose Garden Club (aka The Gabbing and Gobbling Gardeners) will have you screaming with laughter as they lead rowdy drunken sing-along’s in the town square and ride bikes in their lingerie at midnight, and a surprise reunion will have you smiling so hard your cheeks will hurt.It has a few flaws, including a somewhat slow moving, muddled start and a little repetition, but I’m willing to forgive all because Lamb redeems herself with such fantastic characters and heartfelt commitment to the story.Witty, wise and wonderful, My Very Best Friend is another winner for me.
    • 5/5
      My Very Best Friend is the first book that I've read by Cathy Lamb but it won't be the last. After reading this book, I have ordered three of her previous books and plan to read all of her books in the next several months. This book is about Charlotte, a 35 year old romance writer with no romance in her life. The best word to describe Charlotte is she is quirky - she is a cat woman and a virtual recluse. She returns to Scotland, where she grew up, to fix up her parents cottage to sell and while she is there, she finds many of her old friends. Her best friend, Bridget - who she has corresponded with in letters since she left Scotland as a teenager, has disappeared and Charlotte knows that something is very wrong with Bridget but doesn't know what. This is the story of that friendship I laughed out loud in parts of this book and I cried in others. It's a beautiful well written book and I highly recommend it.
    • 5/5
      This was my first Cathy Lamb book and it will not be the last! Thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the various characters in this delightful read and am sad to have finished their story. While it did drag in parts and could have been shorter, the story moved along well and had a good amount of laughs, tears and all the emotions in-between. Great read!