{"product_id":"before-everything-book-victoria-redel-9781473651821","title":"Before Everything","description":"A PRIMA BEST READ OF 2017  'At once tough and tender, funny and sad, this beautifully written novel articulates the dynamic realities of those wondrous friendships that last a lifetime.' Siri Hustvedt  Anna, Molly, Ming, Caroline, Helen: the Old Friends.  Since adopting their official name aged eleven, they have seen each other through careers, children, illnesses, marriage, divorce, addiction, fame, fall outs.  But now, Anna - fiercely loved mother and friend, and the Old Friends' glue - is diagnosed with cancer again, and this time, tired of recoveries and relapses, pitying looks and exhausting regimes, she simply says: no more.  As her health declines, the politics of the still lived-in world merge with memories of the past while each Old Friend tries to accept the truth of what is happening: they are losing someone they cannot imagine life without.  Before Everything is a celebration of friendship and love between a group of wonderful women.   End of sixth grade they made it their official name. It was a joke one afternoon but they liked the way it sounded. Permanent. The Old Friends. This way, the five girls agree, it's just a fact. And ours forever.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49594446872849,"sku":"GOR008477999","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50564009951505,"sku":"GOR009660110","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1473651824.jpg?v=1751405006","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/before-everything-book-victoria-redel-9781473651821","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}