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An unexpected friendship forms between a struggling new mother and her college-age babysitter—until privilege and betrayal expose the invisible lines dividing their worlds. From the beloved author of Maine, a masterful exploration of motherhood, ambition, and the choices that reshape our lives.
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From the beloved author of Maine and Saints for All Occasions, J. Courtney Sullivan delivers a compulsively readable novel about the unexpected friendship between two women navigating very different chapters of life.
Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist, has traded the buzz of New York City for a quiet small town and new motherhood. Alone with her infant son, she finds herself adrift—scrolling through Brooklyn moms’ groups at 3 AM, losing hours to her influencer sister’s perfectly curated feed, watching her career slip through her fingers. When she hires Sam, a thoughtful college senior, to babysit, an unlikely bond forms.
Sam is standing at her own crossroads, weighing the careful plans she’s made against a romance that threatens to upend everything. Student loans loom. The future feels uncertain. In Elisabeth, she finds understanding—until Sam grows close to Elisabeth’s father-in-law, and the true chasms between their lives become impossible to ignore. What follows is a betrayal that will reshape both their paths.
“Once again, Sullivan has shown herself to be one of the wisest and least pretentious chroniclers of modern life.”—The Washington Post
A masterful exploration of motherhood, ambition, and the invisible lines that privilege draws between us, Friends and Strangers is the kind of novel that lingers long after you’ve turned the final page—perfect for readers who love nuanced, character-driven fiction that asks difficult questions about the choices we make and the people we become.
Once again, Sullivan has shown herself to be one of the wisest and least pretentious chroniclers of modern life.
Sullivan's strength is in capturing the anxieties and indignities of being a new mother...A timely exploration of privilege, power, and social norms.
Sullivan expertly captures the anxieties of new motherhood and the challenges of navigating friendships across generational and class divides.
Sullivan's gift for capturing the nuances of female friendship shines in this thoughtful novel.
A poignant exploration of motherhood, friendship, and the invisible boundaries that separate us.
Sullivan has a gift for creating fully realized characters and exploring the complicated dynamics of female relationships.
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| Dimensions | 5.14 × 0.99 × 7.93 in |
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