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| My own copy |
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| Original Cover |
The blurb:
Friendship is like a shark: it has
to keep moving forwards to survive.
Esther and Laura have been best
friends since they were seven. Quite a bit has changed since then . . . They've
swapped school for full-time employment, boyfriends for bugaboos, experimental
hair-dye for salon-preened locks - and their friendship has evolved just as
much. But they remain close, knitted together by the bonds of time . . .
So when Esther is told that Laura
has gone missing, she immediately leaves her husband and small child for San
Francisco and begins to trace her friend's last movements. All she has is an
email from Laura: 'I'm channelling Drew Barrymore, as ever. The Gospel, right?'
In trying to understand why Laura
has disappeared, and what on earth Drew Barrymore has to do with it, Esther
needs to look back. Back at the secrets woven into their friendship and the
truths she's avoided facing for so long.
My Opinion:
*Book provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
This book took my fancy immediately, just because I liked the sound
of the title and the blurb justmade it even stronger.
The story follows two friends, Esther and Laura, when one of them
gets missing, everything is turned upside down. Laura lives in California,
wheras Esther, her husband David and little Linus luve in England. laura
doesn't show up for work, her mothe Margie can not reach her and Esther doesn't
get hold of her either. The police doesn't really do anything, so Esther decides
to fly iver to San Francisco, to look for her best friend. She talks to Laura's
boss Stanley, to her neighbour, looks through her appartment etc. slowly she
discovers new things and then is able to figure out the reason for Laura's
sudden disappearance It's a long way to figure out the truth, including some
drama and question marks.
In between the chapters talking about the present and Esther looking
for her fiebd, there are chapetrs dedicated to Drew Barrymore film titles.
There are flashbacks of when these movies were in the cinema. We can read about
what relation both girls have to these movies and Drew Barrymore herself and we
get to know a lot of things about their past.
When they first met, when they lost their virginity etc. I have to
say, I stared to dislike Lazra a little but then, her behavior was questionable
and she was definitely not a good friend to Esther at times. Then she surprised
me again. It made her personalitly clearer though and I git to understand her
whole situation and why she left.
My favourute part about the flashbacks was reading about who Esther
and David got together. Let me tell you one thing: it took a while, but these
two are just so adorable together.
Pippa's writing is precise, bubbly, funny, entertaining and I was
able to dive into this story immediately. I reall loved every second if it.
Rating:
My possible cast:
Esther: Bethany
Joy Lenz
Laura: Sophia Bush
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