One Day I Shall Astonish the World by Nina Stibbe Paperback Book 9780241451175

From the prizewinning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetimeA true gift of a novel I utterly adored it For as long as I could make it last the world just felt a bit nicer Meg MasonWonderful Her best yet Kathy BurkeI loved it so SO much Funnier than ever but with a new depth and maturity Marian KeyesSusan and Norma have been best friends for years at first thrust together by force of circumstance a job at The Pin Cushion a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire and then by force of character neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else But now thirty years later faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life love work and most importantly friendshipNina Stibbes new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship from its conspiratorial beginnings along its irritating wrong turns to its final gratifying destinationA lovingly observed testament to the complexities and profundities of female friendship Elizabeth DayNina Stibbe is...