Book description
Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different
backgrounds. Jillian is the only child of wealthy parents, while
Lesley's from a working-class family. They become best friends in the
turbulent '60s, but their circumstances, their choices - and their
mistakes - take them in virtually opposite directions. Lesley stays in
their Washington State hometown. She gets pregnant and marries young,
living a life defined by the demands of small children, not enough money
- never enough money - and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years
in a completely different way: on a college campus shaken by the Vietnam
War, and then as an idealistic young lawyer in New York City. But they
always remain friends. Through the years and across the miles, through
marriage, children, divorce and widowhood, Jill and Lesley confide
everything to each other - every grief and every joy. Because the
quality of a friendship is the quality of a life. Jillian Lawton and
Lesley Adamski. Two girls from very different backgrounds. Jillian is
the only child of wealthy parents, while Lesley's from a working-class
family. They become best friends in the turbulent '60s, but their
circumstances, their choices - and their mistakes - take them in
virtually opposite directions. Lesley stays in their Washington State
hometown. She gets pregnant and marries young, living a life defined by
the demands of small children, not enough money - never enough money -
and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years in a completely
different way: on a college campus shaken by the Vietnam War, and then
as an idealistic young lawyer in New York City. But they always remain
friends. Through the years and across the miles, through marriage,
children, divorce and widowhood, Jill and Lesley confide everything to
each other - every grief and every joy. Because the quality of a
friendship is the quality of a life.
