Between Friends

The friendship between Jillian and Lesley begins in the postwar era of the 1950s and lasts to the present day. In this novel, Debbie Macomber uses letters and diaries to reveal the lives of two women, to show us the laughter and the tears between friends.

Friends forever!

Jillian Lawton and Lesley Adamski. Two lives joined by friendship. The only child of wealthy parents, Jillian knows a life of privilege. Lesley is one of many and her life is filled with scrimping and sacrifice.

You're my best friend. I can tell you ANYTHING.

As they grow up through the 1950s and 60s, their circumstances, their choices — and their mistakes — take them in virtually opposite directions. Lesley stays in their Washington State hometown. She gets pregnant and marries young, living a cramped life defined by the demands of small children, not enough money — never enough money — and an unfaithful husband. Jill lives those years in a completely different way: on a college campus shaken by the Vietnam War and then as an idealistic young lawyer in New York City.

There are no secrets between friends. Through the years and across the miles, through marriage, children, divorce and widowhood, Jill and Lesley remain friends. They confide everything in each other — every grief and every joy.

Debbie Macomber, the author of Thursdays at Eight and the Dakota trilogy, has become a leading voice in women's fiction worldwide. Her work has appeared on every major bestseller list, including the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly. She is a multiple-award winner, and there are more than forty-five million copies of her books in print.