California Girls

by Susan Mallery Narrated by Tanya Eby

Overview

The California sunshine's not quite so bright for three sisters who get dumped in the same week...

Finola, a popular LA morning-show host, is famously upbeat until she's blindsided on live TV by the news that her husband is sleeping with a young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. While avoiding the tabloids and pretending she's just fine, she's crumbling inside, desperate for him to come to his senses and for life to go back to normal.

Zennie's breakup is no big loss. Although the world insists she pair up, she'd rather be surfing. So agreeing to be the surrogate for her best friend is a no-brainer-after all, she has an available womb and no other attachments to worry about. Except...when everyone else, including her big sister, thinks she's making a huge mistake, being pregnant is a lot lonelier-and more complicated-than she imagined.

Never the tallest, thinnest or prettiest sister, Ali is used to being overlooked, but when her fiancé sends his disapproving brother to call off the wedding, it's a new low. And yet Daniel continues to turn up “for support,” making Ali wonder if maybe-for once-someone sees her in a way no one ever has.

But side by side by side, these sisters will start over and rebuild their lives with all the affection, charm and laugh-out-loud humor that is classic Susan Mallery.

Don't miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love.

Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery:

• The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024!
• The Happiness Plan
• The Sister Effect
• The Boardwalk Bookshop
• The Summer Getaway

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

12/10/2018

In Mallery’s heartwarming novel, three California sisters discover their inner strengths as they face trials in their lives. L.A. morning talk show host Finola Corrado is blindsided when her husband, Nigel, confesses his infidelity minutes before her live interview with country-pop star Treasure—Nigel’s lover. Ali Schmitt, Finola’s sister, felt invisible until she met Glen and is excited about their upcoming wedding, but his brother Daniel shows up at her apartment to inform her that Glen is calling off the wedding and refuses to tell her in person. Daniel is kind and attractive, making Ali wonder whether he might be a suitable replacement for Glen. Zennie Schmitt, a scrub nurse, believes she is doing the right thing when she agrees to act as a surrogate mother for her best friend, Bernie. As Fiona, Ali, and Zennie help their mother clean out her house to get it ready for sale, their lives intertwine and their candid interactions are believable and real. Mallery fans and newcomers alike will adore this tale about the bonds of sisterhood and friendship tested by life’s ups and downs. (Feb.)

From the Publisher

"Mallery skillfully depicts three very different women in different stages of their romantic relationships who enter into unbreakable friendships.... Will appeal to fans of women's fiction, especially such friendship books as Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club." -Booklist on The Girls of Mischief Bay

"Romance superstar Mallery begins a new women's fiction series with a novel that is both heart-wrenching and warmhearted.... A discerning, affecting look at three women facing surprising change and the powerful and uplifting impact of friends." -Kirkus Reviews on The Girls of Mischief Bay

"Once again, Susan Mallery has created an inviting world that envelops her readers' senses and sensibilities. Fans of Jodi Picoult, Debbie Macomber, and Elin Hilderbrand will assuredly fall for The Girls of Mischief Bay." -Bookreporter

The women's stories and the depth of support they provide one another make this an engaging read to be savored all the way through." -Publishers Weekly on The Girls of Mischief Bay

"Mallery is the master of blending emotionally believable characters in realistic situations. Her engaging and comically touching Mischief Bay series continues to satisfy lovers of women's fiction." -Library Journal on A Million Little Things

"Mallery has written a delightful book, with realistic characters facing problems and situations in genuine, believable ways. There isn't a false note in this book or series." -Booklist on A Million Little Things

"[It's] refreshing to see sisters who get along in fiction; Harper and Stacey always support each other no matter what drama happens in their personal and professional lives... An emotional and humorous look at the bonds between the women in an endearingly flawed family." -Kirkus Reviews on Sisters Like Us

"Sisters Like Us is funny, realistic, and the most engaging women's fiction novel that I've ever read." -Urban Literary

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172922985
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/26/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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