These Girls

Internationally bestselling author Sarah Pekkanen examines the lives of three women working and living together in New York City and shows that family secrets may shape us all, but it's the rich, complicated layers of friendship that can save us.Family secrets may shape us all, but its the rich, complicated layers of friendship that can save us. Cate, Renee, and Abby have come to New York for very different reasons, and in a bustling city of millions, they are linked together through circumstance and chance. Cate has just been named the features editor of Gloss, a high-end lifestyle magazine. Its a professional coup, but her new job comes with more complications than Cate ever anticipated. Her roommate Renee will do anything to nab the plum job of beauty editor at Gloss. But snide comments about Renees weight send her into an emotional tailspin. Soon she is taking black market diet pillsdespite the racing heartbeat and trembling hands that signal shes heading for real danger. Then theres Abby, whom they take in as a third roommate. Once a joyful graduate student working as a nanny part time, she abruptly fled a seemingly happy life in the D.C. suburbs. No one knows what shattered Abbyor why she left everything she once loved behind. Pekkanens most compelling, true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate the complications of careers and loveand find the lifeline they need in each other.