Books by J. Courtney Sullivan

THE PERFECT BOOK GROUP SUMMER READ FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENGAGEMENTS AND MAINE'I LOVED IT' Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion'HER BEST YET' Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six'A SMART AND DEEPLY COMPELLING EXPLORATION OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP' Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers'CAPTIVATING, WISE AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY' Ann Napolitano, author of Dear EdwardElisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "e;influencer"e; sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She's worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. In short, they grow close. 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. A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, Friends and Strangers reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.

En sen nattetime i 1947 kæmper en ung kvindelig tekstforfatter med et reklameslogan, som hun skal fremlægge næste morgen. En oneliner, der skal sætte prikken over i’et i en storstilet ny kampagne for diamantringe. Hun kradser 'A Diamond Is Forever' ned på en lap papir og falder i søvn uden at kunne ane, at hun netop har udødeliggjort sig selv.Mary Frances Gerety og hendes slogan spiller i de næste fire år- tier en afgørende rolle i bestræbelserne på at gøre diamantringen helt uundværlig i den amerikanske forlovelsesindustri, og Geretys egen personlige historie løber som en lysende tråd gennem de fire andre livshistorier, der tilsammen udgør 'Forbindelser'.En ring, fire nedslag i tiden, fem forskellige stemmer og næsten hundrede års historie foldes ud og kædes sammen i denne enestående amerikanske fortælling.