My Best Friend's Girl

Name: My Best Friend's Girl
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Dorothy Koomson
ISBN: 9781472261649

Author: Dorothy Koomson

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Abridged: 3 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Review

Published: 07/11/2019

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Women, Friendship

Synopsis

Kamryn Matika has no responsibilities - one birthday card will change that forever...

Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon though nothing could come between them - until Adele di the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiancé Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again.
Years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs Kamryn to adopt her daughter Tegan. With a great job and hectic social life, the last thing Kamryn needs is a five-year-old daughter to disrupt things. Especially not one who reminds her of Nate. But with n on else to take care of Tegan and Adele fading fast, does she have any other choice? So begins a difficult journey that leads Kamryn towards forgiveness, love, responsibility and, ultimately, a better understanding of herself.

(P) 2006 Hachette Audio

About Dorothy Koomson

DOROTHY KOOMSON is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages, with sales that exceed 2 million copies in the UK alone. Her third novel, My Best Friend's Girl (2006) was selected for the Richard & Judy Summer Reads Book Club, while a TV adaptation based on The Ice Cream Girls was shown on ITV1 in 2013.Dorothy was featured on the 2021 Powerlist as one of the most influential Black people in Britain and appeared in GQ Style as a Black British trailblazer. She loves reading and writing, and is passionate about supporting other writers no matter what stage they are at in their career.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tea on April 11, 2013

Odlična knjiga (ne zato što sam je ja odabrala i bila joj urednik)... :) Ova autorka je bila veoma prijatno iznenađenje za mene... I jedna od retkih "ženskih" knjiga koju odlično pamtim i posle toliko godina otkako sam je čitala... (a dešavalo mi se da tri meseca posle završetka prevoda recimo Danij......more

Goodreads review by Maria on December 09, 2007

"My Best Friend's Girl" was a LOT better than I'd expected it to be. I don't know why I wasn't expecting too much of it - I mean, after all I bought it, surely I must have felt it was worth reading? I think my problem is that I'd gotten to the point where I felt good chick-lit is hard to find, and t......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on March 01, 2012

Started out amazing. I cried buckets over the first couple of chapters. Then it turned into a bad soapie, with far-fetched scenarios (the boss decides to spend the weekend at the girl's house because he likes the kid, even though he despises her, because he's got "nothing better to do"? I don't thin......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on September 14, 2020

July, 20 Bookclub Selection This book has a great topic which opened up much discussion. However the author did not do a good job of developing the characters nor the story. The story started out very interesting, after the first 30 pages i got bored and i never really got my interest back. How do yo......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on June 23, 2022

My first Dorothy Koomson book and what a fantastic introduction! I was engulfed in this story, swept up in all the emotions. You will need your tissues handy for this one. Five stars.......more

Quotes

I was laughing and crying from page one. Koomson deals with grown-up issues: friendship, death, betrayal and forgiveness - a very moving read.

Both funny and moving, this will have you reaching for the tissues... A heart-breaking tale. Closer

I enjoyed it immensely and I did have to dab away a little tear as early as page two

Totally enjoyable New Woman