- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; New edition edition (5 Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747266727
- ISBN-13: 978-0747266723
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 754,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Looking back, it seemed like paradise; lives filled with the blessings of friendship, marriage, children, and career. For twenty years, four friends - Chris, Barbara, Susan, and Vicki - shared everything through good times and bad, and faced the challenges of life and love head-on. Now, one sits alone to ponder the strange twists and turns of fate and circumstance. Now, she must sift through each of their pasts to discover exactly what went wrong, how dreams turned to nightmares as friendships faded and lives were destroyed...
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Joy Fielding lives with her lawyer husband and two daughters, dividing her time between Toronto, Ontario and Palm Beach, Florida.
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We called ourselves the Grand Dames: four women of varying height, weight, and age, with shockingly little in common, or so it seemed at the time of our initial meeting some twenty-three years ago, other than that we all lived on the same quiet, tree-lined street, were all married to ambitious and successful men, and each had a daughter around the age of two. Read the first page
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We called ourselves the Grand Dames: four women of varying height, weight, and age, with shockingly little in common, or so it seemed at the time of our initial meeting some twenty-three years ago, other than that we all lived on the same quiet, tree-lined street, were all married to ambitious and successful men, and each had a daughter around the age of two. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When you read the cover jacket of this book, you immediately think, "Been there, done that", because at first you think it is one of those novels that you have read loads of times before, just the characters have changed. We remember the times when our kids were small, the play groups at the park, the afternoon teas with other new mums, exchanging updates and progress reports - is this all the same again?
No, this is not the case this time.
Four women, who manage against the odds, to stay part of each others lives and to live the pains, pleasures and knocks that life sends one over the years.
You identify with Chris, the poor abused mentally and physically; I was actually at the stage when I could have given her a whack for allowing her to get herself into the situations that she was driven into by a totally mad, obsessive, sick man, but then you realize that it could so easily happen to anyone; you identify with Vikki - you feel that continued pressure she is under, trying to manage to be career lady, super mum and best friend (now where have I heard that before?) and then there is Susan and Barbara, having to cope with wandering husbands, blackmail problems at work, to name but a few.
I actually could not put this book down - it allowed me to escape from the daily rushing around of life and helped me to realize that my life is not as crazy as I thought - there is life after work and how great families are as a whole in spite of sometimes crazy parents who try to control lives of their offspring.
Read it, I know you will enjoy it!
No, this is not the case this time.
Four women, who manage against the odds, to stay part of each others lives and to live the pains, pleasures and knocks that life sends one over the years.
You identify with Chris, the poor abused mentally and physically; I was actually at the stage when I could have given her a whack for allowing her to get herself into the situations that she was driven into by a totally mad, obsessive, sick man, but then you realize that it could so easily happen to anyone; you identify with Vikki - you feel that continued pressure she is under, trying to manage to be career lady, super mum and best friend (now where have I heard that before?) and then there is Susan and Barbara, having to cope with wandering husbands, blackmail problems at work, to name but a few.
I actually could not put this book down - it allowed me to escape from the daily rushing around of life and helped me to realize that my life is not as crazy as I thought - there is life after work and how great families are as a whole in spite of sometimes crazy parents who try to control lives of their offspring.
Read it, I know you will enjoy it!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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If you love books about womens' friendship and family life, you will want to read this book. Based on the lives of four women, all living on Grand Avenue in Cincinnati, we are introduced to a book of deep feelings of compassion, love, hurt, betrayal, forgiveness and a mass of other emotions played out is this mysterious book. These women met in the neighborhood park when their kids were only babies and from that time onwards they forged a wonderful bond of unique friendship; lasting some twenty odd years. We are forewarned from the introduction that one of the women will be murdered, another will die and another with prove not to be a friend after all.
Meet Chis the lovely blonde with the high ponytail with her hard-to-please husband and their three children.
Barbara, a former beauty queen who is finding it hard to accept her entry into middle-age and does all in her power to maintain her good looks.
Susan the sweet housewife and magazine editor who is about to make mistake that wll impact heavily on her life.
Kristen the hardworking lawyer who loves her job and continually puts it's importance before her family and others.
This page turner puts us into a tailspin as larger than life events are about to be played out leaving us spellbound and with our mouths opened. You'll be guessing to the last page..............I just had to get to the bottom of the circumstances surrounding the events gone wrong in this well written romance novel turned thriller. It's hard to say anymore because I do not want to give anything away in this book. Just enjoy.......I gave it a well deserved five stars...
Meet Chis the lovely blonde with the high ponytail with her hard-to-please husband and their three children.
Barbara, a former beauty queen who is finding it hard to accept her entry into middle-age and does all in her power to maintain her good looks.
Susan the sweet housewife and magazine editor who is about to make mistake that wll impact heavily on her life.
Kristen the hardworking lawyer who loves her job and continually puts it's importance before her family and others.
This page turner puts us into a tailspin as larger than life events are about to be played out leaving us spellbound and with our mouths opened. You'll be guessing to the last page..............I just had to get to the bottom of the circumstances surrounding the events gone wrong in this well written romance novel turned thriller. It's hard to say anymore because I do not want to give anything away in this book. Just enjoy.......I gave it a well deserved five stars...
Heather P. Marshall
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this and couldn't put it down. Actually, as someone else mentioned, See Jane Run was the same.
This one outlined what would occur at the beginning but not to which particular one of the four friends and it kept me guessing which fate would befall each one.
I'd highly recommend it.
This one outlined what would occur at the beginning but not to which particular one of the four friends and it kept me guessing which fate would befall each one.
I'd highly recommend it.
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twists and suspense
i'm relatively new to joy fielding books, and wow, i can't get enough! her stories are thrilling, full of shock twists and can't-put-it-down suspense
Published 10 months ago by teresa
Grand Avenue
I really loved this book. It is one of the best I've read of Joy Fielding who is one of my favorite writers amongst others. This book touched me and moved me deeply. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2003 by Graziella Gilmont
Absolutely superb
I have always liked Joy Fielding books and the psychological thriller See Jane Run is my most favourite book of all time. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2003 by Alison
Nice outline, now write the book
I thought Grand avenue was a big disappointment. The subject of four friends is filled with promises, so I started reading with great enthusiasm. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2002 by nicole
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