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Jane Green (Author)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; Re-issue edition (1 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140276521
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140276527
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 100,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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After working on her career at a top London advertising agency for the best part of a decade, Cath yearns to leave and open her own bookshop. Lucy, married to Cath's old Uni buddy, Josh, longs to run a cafe. So when a suitable site comes up, the girls combine their dreams and Bookends is born. However, opening a trendy book café (as opposed to cybercafé) is a fairly minor sub-plot in Bookends. This is a novel about the lives, hopes and dreams of a group of thirtysomethings, living in West Hampstead, who (mostly) met at University and have moved on, for better or worse: Cath is disenchanted and has long-since stopped trying to (a) manage her Michael-Jackson-circa-1973 hair (b)wear anything other than black that she hasn't owned for more than five years, and (c) find a suitable beau. Luckily, Si--desperate to find the man of his dreams and an expert at applying haircare products and shopping at designer stores--makes a perfect best friend. Apart from improving her appearance, he's great for those awkward social occasions that, even in our postmodernist world, still require a male escort. Then, out of the blue, a former member of the old University gang turns up and, hey presto, things start to change. Beautiful, elegant, clever Portia appears to have it all; it takes a couple of hundred pages to discover what she's been looking for. The strange thing about Bookends is that Portia turns out to be merely a sub-plot.

Jane Green's latest novel is about the love and trust and enduring friendships of a bunch of young hopefuls whose lives take the usual twists and turns and ups and downs as they mature into thoughtful, rounded adults. Green is an author whose readers either love or hate her, If you love her, you'll want to read her fourth novel; if you don't, you might be surprised by Bookends. --Carey Green

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Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. They live near each other in West Hampstead, close to their other best friends Josh and Lucy - who are married, with a devil-spawn child called Max and a terrifying Swedish nanny, Ingrid.

When Portia steps back into their lives, - beautiful Portia, the undisputed queen of their group at university, who broke their collective hearts one night and from whom they have all gradually, silently, grown apart - her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit. Does Portia have a hidden agenda, or is she just looking for happy endings all round? Whatever the answers, none of them could ever predict the outcome ...

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy, and after Bridget Jones's Diary, I became eager to read more books in that genre. When I picked up Bookends by Jane Green, I was looking for a light, fun read, but what I received was a novel that would not let me put it down. Bookends is hilarious, witty, and full of tension and drama, and characters that you will love...and some you might not like all that well.

In Bookends, the reader is introduced - by way of narrator, Catherine "Cath" Warner - to a group of friends who meet in school and though individually different as night and day, they become a tight clique of trusted friends. That is, until the ever-beautiful Portia - the friend thought to be the sun in the clique's universe - destroys friendships that were meant to last forever.

Fast forward ten years where we find Cath and lifelong friends, Josh and Lisa, and her best friend, Si, living and loving in their early-thirties, in London. Si, the sweet, adorable, and gay love of Cath's life spends most of his time in friendly counsel with Cath regarding the lack of men in their lives, and discussing how each deals with that situation in their own way, whether it's Cath's refusal to believe she wants a man in her life, or Si's ability to lower his standards, for fear of living alone.

Just as everyone's life seems to be on track, a blast from the past in the form of an older and more self-indulgent Portia, pops back into the group's tight circle and in an instant, lives are shook up, adulterous innuendoes are cooked up and friendships are tested.

I have to say, this book is a wonderful read. I fell in love with the main character, Cath, and her feelings on friendship and love. Green does a great job in creating characters that you want to care about, characters that you can feel and even relate to. I think readers will be thoroughly and happily surprised that there is more to this book than pure entertainment. I finished this book with tears in my eyes because I felt a connection with Green's characters and I felt moved by the way Green deals with some heavy subjects in this novel.

I would definitely recommend Bookends - love the title - to those who want a fast read with a lot of bite and wit.

Shon Bacon of SisterDivas.org
http://www.sisterdivas.org

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Bookends 25 Aug 2005
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WOW!! A fantastic gripping read. You can really get into this story and imagine its you and your friends. Once you start on this book you will find it almost impossible to put down. I read it in 3 days and did not want the story to end. Full of surprises and clever twists. I would recommend this book to everyone.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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If "contemporary - middle class anxiety - trendy Londoners - Chick Lit" is not your cup of tea, then leave well alone. But even if it is, there are better reads than this. The characters are from stock, the plot is predictable. Will ugly duckling Cath end up with the wonderfully self effacing estate agent by day - artist by night(complete with amazing studio in West Hampstead) James? Oh, please! This genre is surprisingly difficult to do well. What this novel lacks is the subversive humour and the cringe -of - recognition moments of, say, Amy Jenkins or Mark Barrowcliffe. Having said that, if you're stumped for holiday fodder, then this is an easygoing, undemanding read. Otherwise, don't bother.
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Good but not Green's best.
I'm a big Jane Green fan, and Bookends is an enoyable enough book. However it is not anywhere near as funny as say, Jemima J, or even Straight Talking. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Zara
i loved it
It's the story of a couple of young adults who met at the univ who were closed to each other. There are Cath , Portia , Josh, SI (the gay man of the group )and few others . Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Valerie
Bookends by Jane Green
I bought this from a charity shop many years ago, and decided to read it only recently. The book is extremely easy to read - laid back and funny with characters that are memorable. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TeaLover
Really enjoyable bitter sweet read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I picked up this book whilst on holiday as I had run out of things to read so was desperate. I would not usually pick up a book like this. Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. Douglas
I really liked it!
I have only just discovered Jane Green after a friend lending me a couple of books of hers. I really enjoyed this book. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2008 by N. Petsa
Good poolside/airport
If all you want is a simple 'comfort read' or something to read beside the pool on holiday, this should more than meet your needs. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2008 by S. McBride
what happened
I have to say this is probably the worst jane green book I have read so far - I totally agree with the author reviewers about the book lacking depth - although I found it lacked... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2008 by Ms. S. King
Lacks depth
I have read a few Jane Green books before and must say I was disappointed witht this one, I did not see the point in the Portia character and all the others lacked the depth to... Read more
Published on 13 April 2008 by Samantha Lafford
Good quick read but the same as lots of others
This was an enjoyable book to read and was not as predictable as many others of its type. That said the "single woman with diverse friends from college" story has been done too... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Janie U
Fabulous Easy Read
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, this is the 2nd book of Jane Greens that I've read and I've found them both to be nice easy reads, the type of book that you can put down and go... Read more
Published on 23 April 2007 by Ladymoonlight
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