Fast Friends

by Jill Mansell

Overview

An enchanting, feel-good tale about the power of friendship and living life for yourself from New York Times and international bestseller Jill Mansell.

When bored 90s housewife and mother Camilla Stewart impulsively invites her old schoolfriends for dinner, she hardly imagines that the evening will shatter her comfortable existence. But Roz Vallender and Loulou Marks are no ordinary guests.

Both successful in their own ways, stunning and self-assured Roz and reckless Loulou reveal that Camilla's husband Jack has been playing around. It's time, they declare, that Camilla made some changes.

With a little help from her friends, she soon finds out that life in the fast lane is a lot more fun—and the future still holds plenty of surprises.

Rollicking chick-lit that packs three love stories into one hilarious romance novel that will make you shake your fists and laugh out loud.

Also by Jill Mansell:

This Could Change Everything

Miranda's Big Mistake

It Started with a Secret

Maybe This Time

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492632368
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Pages:	496
Sales rank:	841,396
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.24(d)

About the Author

With over 10 million copies sold, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Mansell writes irresistible and funny, poignant and romantic tales for women in the tradition of Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella and Jojo Moyes. She lives with her partner and their children in Bristol, England.

Editorial Reviews

01/14/2019

There’s enough melodrama packed in Mansell’s latest (following Miranda’s Big Mistake) to fill at least a quartet of tales, but despite the near-constant disasters, the story still ably pulls readers in. When teenager Camilla Stewart meets Loulou Marks and Roz Vallender at boarding school, little does she realize that the threads of their lives are destined to tangle for years to come. After bumping into Loulou, now a wine bar owner, and Roz, a TV show host, in Harrods, housewife and mother Camilla invites them to dinner—only to find out that her husband, Jack, is having a torrid affair with Roz. After dumping a pot of chrysanthemums over Jack’s head, she leaves the kids with him and moves in with Loulou. Through Loulou, she meets Italian pop star Nico Coletto, with whom she promptly falls in love—not that it does her any immediate good, because Mansell throws in a bevy of crises, including two unexpected pregnancies, an impulsive marriage, and a death to keep them apart until the end of the book. Despite bearing a marked resemblance to an afternoon soap opera, Mansell’s novel offers diverting fun. Agent: Jennifer Unter, the Unter Agency. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"With some lovely, poignant moments...Fast Friends was a reminder that true friends–the ones we know we can trust–can make our lives infinitely better and help us be our best selves." — Harlequin Junkie

From the Publisher