The Best of Friends

Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship

By Sara James; Ginger Mauney
(William Morrow, Hardcover, 9780060779481, 352pp.)

Publication Date: July 2007

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback

Categories: Women, Women's Studies - General

“Rich tales…A unique window into modern women’s quest for meaning and calm in an ever more chaotic world.”
-Gwendolyn Bounds, author of Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, A Town, and the Search for What Matters Most

“The Bach Minuet of memoirs…two vastly different stories…woven into the other to form a single, gorgeous melody.”
-Deborah Copaken Kogan, author of Shutterbabe and the forthcoming Suicide Wood

“James and Mauney write about their friendship . . . in a way that will leave you saying ‘Me too.’”
-Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Their book…pays tribute to the advances that feminism brought…and to the enduring value of female friendship.
-Publishers Weekly

“Sometimes the most unlikely people become best friends…a wonderful book.”
-CBS This Morning

“Filled with…concerns about love, work, men, marriage and motherhood…that could be a favorite of women’s reading groups.”
-Kirkus Reviews

“An honest, funny, often wrenching memoir that follows childhood friends…as they…withstand the ups and downs of marriage and kids.”
-Parenting Magazine

“Dateline NBC’s Sara James and her great friend Ginger Mauney have mastered the art of staying connected.”
-Today Show

“With grit, honesty, and humor…Their engrossing tale of friendship celebrates the importance of having a confidante.”
-More Magazine, HOT SUMMER READS

“Two great friends, two fascinating individual stories, and a memoir that reads like a novel…”
-Lian Dolan, author of Satellite Sisters' UnCommon Senses