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Friends and strangers / J. Courtney Sullivan.

Friends & strangers (other title)
Sullivan, J. Courtney, (author.).

Summary:

"From the best-selling author of Maine, a gorgeous, compulsively-readable novel that tells the story of the complex relationship between two women, Elisabeth, a privileged new mother and writer attempting to find her footing after childbirth, and Sam, the idealistic, working-class college student she hires to nanny her young son"-- Provided by publisher.
Ex-New Yorker Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town. Alone in the house with her infant son all day, she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. She hires Sam, a senior at the local women's college, to babysit. Sam is struggling with a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition, her student loan debt, and her what the future holds. When Sam finds a kindred spirit in Elisabeth's father-in-law, differences in the women's lives are revealed, and a betrayal has devastating consequences. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525520597
  • ISBN: 0525520597
  • Physical Description: 395 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
"A novel"--Jacket.
"Read with Jenna"--Jacket.

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Subject:
Female friendship > Fiction.
Mothers > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
College students > Fiction.
Women's friendships.
Mothers.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 53 of 57 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 6 current holds with 57 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library FIC SULLIVAN (Text) 36015001723648 Adult Fiction Available -
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Swansboro Branch Library FIC SULLIVAN (Text) 36015001723655 Adult Fiction Available -