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As she explained, it’s the first book she wrote after becoming a mother, and that experience colored how she depicted Elisabeth’s journey - right down to the Facebook groups where so many mothers go to discuss their most intimate moments.īut in many ways, Sullivan explained, she drew on herself even more for the character of the babysitter, Sam.

Louis on the Air in advance of her virtual reading with the St. And through them, the author probes much bigger ideas - of class and privilege, of the hollowing out of America. She’s lonely - and the college student she pays to watch her baby, Sam, becomes her main confidant.īoth Elisabeth and Sam are vivid, compelling characters. The novel tells the story of Elisabeth, a Brooklyn journalist who finds herself living in a small college town just as she becomes a new mother. That is also true of the women in Courtney Sullivan’s new book, Friends and Strangers. The difficulty of families.īut they have one thing in common: The women in them seem utterly real and completely sympathetic, even when readers might be horrified by their choices. Her four bestselling novels - “Commencement,” “Maine,” “The Engagements” and “Saints for All Occasions” - tackle many different ideas. Courtney Sullivan has a knack for probing the interior lives of women. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth's father-in-law, the true differences between the women's lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences.Ī masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, Friends and Strangers reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.Author J. She's worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore.Įnter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. 'CAPTIVATING, WISE AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY' Ann Napolitano, author of Dear EdwardĮlisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. 'A SMART AND DEEPLY COMPELLING EXPLORATION OF FEMALE FRIENDSHIP' Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers 'HER BEST YET' Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six 'I LOVED IT' Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion THE PERFECT BOOK GROUP SUMMER READ FROM BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENGAGEMENTS AND MAINE