— Six "best friends" gather in a downtown loft on the coldest night of the year, as the "storm of the century" is about to descend on Manhattan. The women are celebrating the decision of the mysterious Claire to have a baby, on her own, at th... more »irty-six. The delight is in the details: the hostess too distracted by her new love affair (How could she have forgotten sex? It had been three years, her longest intermission, but still...) to focus on the food, the guests who arrive "in crisis." From the moment Jessie's cell phone chimes in her purse (the voice of materialism, speaking up for itself?), she suffers "hostess regret": Oh, why did she plan a dinner in her apartment?
As the Aussie red wine flows, a delirious debate wages over Claire's choice. Will Martha, the Realtor of the Year flying blind on automatic PalmPilot, ruin the evening by declaring, "A celebration? This should be an intervention. Her phone bill is more than her income!" Who will win, the pragmatists or the romantics? Will Sue Carol, the wacktress (hybrid of waitress and actress), return to her husband or "rebuild" her career? Did Lisbeth, the delicate Zoloft model, truly see her lost lover in the subway? Will Nina spill the secret of her sexual tangent? Can this six-way friendship survive the zingers and soul-baring truths that spark and bolt across the table?« less
Anyone who has ever had a close group of girlfriends will enjoy this book. Each person has their own views, and there is always one thing about you that two others talk about, good or bad. The problem is when they figure it out.