ELIZABETH JOY ARNOLD
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When We Were Friends (2011)
Growing up Lainey and Sydney were the best of friends. They did everything together until they reached 16 and Sydney chose to climb the popularity chain leaving Lainey behind. Fast forward 18 years and Lainey is now an artist living at home caring for her mother. When Lainey gets asked to paint a mural at the local occult store Six of Swords, the last person she expects to run into is Sydney. Sydney, now a mother of a young daughter Jacqueline, is in the midst of a nasty divorce from her abusive husband David. She later turns up at Lainey's door hurt and begs her to look after Jacqueline. And when Lainey turns on the news that night, on screen is none other than Sydney with her husband proclaiming that Jacqueline has been kidnapped. Lainey, not having anyone to turn to, changes the girl's name to Molly and goes on the run, meeting Alex, a good Samaritan with secrets of his own. Can Lainey live her new life and protect Molly or when the going gets tough, will she have to return her to Sydney? This is a fast-paced novel about trust and deception that will keep you entranced as it debates what lengths you should go to for a friend. (PP)
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