Four of a Kind
Besides the fact that their kids all attend the same fashionable Brooklyn Heights private school, Bess, Robin, Carla, and Alicia have little in common. Thrown together on the tony school’s Diversity Committee, the women impulsively turn their awkward first meeting into a boisterous game of poker....
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Besides the fact that their kids all attend the same fashionable Brooklyn Heights private school, Bess, Robin, Carla, and Alicia have little in common. Thrown together on the tony school’s Diversity Committee, the women impulsively turn their awkward first meeting into a boisterous game of poker. Instead of betting with chips or pocket change, however, they play for intimate secrets about their lives. As the Diversity Commitee meetings become a highly anticipated monthly ritual, the new friends reveal more with each game. Picture-perfect housewife Bess struggles to relate to her surly teenage daughter and judgmental mother. Robin, a single mom, grapples with the truth concerning her child’s real father. Carla, an ambitious doctor, attempts to balance the colossal demands of her family with her dream of owning her own private practice. And to distract herself from her troubled marriage, shy copywriter Alicia fantasizes about an attractive younger colleague. Putting all their cards on the table, the four women grow to rely on one another, bracing for one final showdown.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345525406 (034552540X)
Publish date: February 7th 2012
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
This book surprised me. It was a gift and from the cover I was expecting a light chick-lit book. Instead, I got a deeply, gently woven story of four very different women and their families. It was very satisfying. You need not be a poker player to enjoy this book (I'm not). Strong women making diffi...
I would recommend this book as a good beach read. The characters were easy to connect with, and while at some times they seemed unbearably annoying, in the end I really enjoyed their growth. This is definitely a book for women, and I think it would make a great book for friends to share or for bookc...