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    My Dearest Friend: A Novel
    My Dearest Friend: A Novel
    My Dearest Friend: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    My Dearest Friend: A Novel

    Written by Nancy Thayer

    Narrated by Kate Marcin

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    About this audiobook

    Now available for the first time in audio, this luminescent novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer enthralls with a story of difficult choices, complicated loves, and hard-won triumphs.

    At the age of forty-six, Daphne Miller is a first-time homeowner, a divorced college administrator whose daughter has moved in with her father. On a dirt road in the green mountains of southern Vermont, Daphne has at last found a home of her own. It may be tiny, but the rustic cottage is hers, and she’s determined to make it perfect.

    Just down the lane, Jack Hamilton and his young family move in. The newly appointed English professor Jack has long dreamed of teaching at his prestigious alma mater, but his wife Carey Ann is terribly unhappy in rural New England. As Daphne takes Carey Ann under her wing, Jack suppresses his growing attraction for his new neighbor and the two become friends. But for Daphne, this increasingly complex friendship brings back the painful memories of a previous betrayal. Now at an unexpected crossroads, Daphne must let go of the woman she has become—and reach out for the woman she longs to be.

    Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer

    “The queen of beach books.”—The Star-Ledger

    “Thayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.”—Elin Hilderbrand

    “Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”—Houston Chronicle

    “One of my favorite writers.”—Susan Wiggs

    “Thayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.”—The Miami Herald

    “Thayer’s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.”—Dorothea Benton Frank

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 14, 2018
    ISBN9781978617452
    My Dearest Friend: A Novel
    Author

    Nancy Thayer

    Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, A Nantucket Christmas, Island Girls, Summer Breeze, Heat Wave, Beachcombers, Summer House, Moon Shell Beach, and The Hot Flash Club. She lives on Nantucket.

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    • 4/5
      My Dearest Friend by Nancy ThayerHave read most of the authors other works and they are always a joy to read.Daphne Miller has gone through many changes over the years and moves to VT. Her daughter has also moved clear across the country to live with her father, who's not even sent her a birthday card in 14 years. Daphne also has male friends who show sexual attraction to one another but neither crosses the line.Story also has alternating chapters about Jack and his wife and toddler daughter.Jack Hamilton works with Daphne and they have a strong relationship once he's met her on his daily run and accepts a cup of coffee-something his wife doesn't make for him.Kara is so overworked just taking care of the toddler and she feels so inferior to the other professor wives.Daphne had lost her husband to another woman and she wonders if she can do the same to Jack's wife.Jacks wife is finding it hard to live there-the faculty wives are not as open and welcoming as she raises their infant daughter.We learn of Daphne's disastrous marriage and how she was betrayed. A bit of a surprise to see how the ending comes to be...I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).