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Quincy, Talia, Chloe, and Jules met after answering a roommate ad for an apartment. Despite having little in common, the women became fast friends. A decade later, Quincy, a Midwestern introvert, is trying to overcome a set of tragedies by hunting for the perfect home; Talia, a high-energy California wife and mom, is growing resentful of her friends’ greater financial stability; timid Chloe, from New England and also a mother, is trying to deflect pressure from her husband, a hedge fund manager, to play the role of trophy wife; and Jules, a fiercely independent New York City native and entrepreneur, is confronting her forties alone. As the women wrestle with the challenges of love and motherhood, will their relationships survive? Witty and wise, Sally Koslow’s With Friends Like These hits an emotional bull’s-eye for anyone who has had—or even been—a less than perfect pal. This high-five to sisterhood will leave you certain that close friends can never be replaced.

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A great women's fiction read that belongs on beach blankets this summer. It wonderfully tells the story of four friends who met when they share an apartment when they are just out of school and they move on into and out of each other's lives. Told in chapters about each character, Koslow writes great cliffhangers. --Bookreporter.com <br> It's a West Side story. In an eight-room, rent-controlled apartment on 92nd and West End, Koslow's four twentysomething heroines -- Quincy, Talia, Chloe and Jules -- join forces as roommates in the 1990s. Fast-forward to the present, as job-sharing, multiple births and an underpriced fixer-upper co-op threaten their long friendships. Tragedy, comedy and plenty of Sex and the City in this summer novel. -- New York Post <br> Koslow digs much deeper than the standard pop novel aimed at a female readership. With Friends Like These is funny, but it's also poignant ...Once you delve deeply into this very wise and very troubling novel you should

A refreshingly honest look at friendships and how they change over time . . . The rich details make every page worth reading. --Charleston Post and Courier Smart, raw, and achingly real . . . a trove of wit and wisdom. -- Publishers Weekly Koslow examines the intricate and complex tableaux that is female friendship . . . with a refreshing, and sometimes startling, honesty. --Bookreporter.com [A] witty reflection on sisterhood. -- More Very wise . . . You should find yourself rushing to the end, wondering if the women will ever be able to restore their friendships. -- Connecticut Post

A refreshingly honest look at friendships and how they change over time . . . The rich details make every page worth reading. -Charleston Post and Courier Smart, raw, and achingly real . . . a trove of wit and wisdom. -Publishers Weekly Koslow examines the intricate and complex tableaux that is female friendship . . . with a refreshing, and sometimes startling, honesty. -Bookreporter.com [A] witty reflection on sisterhood. -More Very wise . . . You should find yourself rushing to the end, wondering if the women will ever be able to restore their friendships. -Connecticut Post

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Sally Koslow is the author of With Friends Like These, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx and Little Pink Slips. Her essays have been published in More, O: The Oprah Magazine, and The New York Observer, among other publications. She was the editor in chief of both McCall’s and Lifetime, was an editor at Mademoiselle and Woman’s Day, and teaches creative writing at the Writing Institute of Sarah Lawrence College. The mother of two sons, she lives in New York City with her husband.

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