Book: The Same Sweet Girls

The Same Sweet Girls, by Cassandra King
Read by Laura Hicks
Audiocassette.

Yesterday I finished listening to this book on cassette. At first I thought I would not like it, but the longer I listened the more involved I became with the characters.

The book reminded me heavily of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and it certainly seems to be a rip of that genre. Still, I enjoyed listening to it in the car (which is where I listen to a lot of books) and don't hesitate to recommend it for a light yet heart-tugging read. It's not an intellectually stimulating book but it does ask some important questions about friendship, relationships, and acceptance of death.

A group of women from college meet twice a year and remain friends. They call themselves the Same Sweet Girls, or SSGs for short. They have good-natured rituals and they don't all like one another, which made for some interesting contrast of characters. Yet they still care about the other, regardless of what goes on on the outside.

Each SSG has her other life - husband, lover, etc. and we learn about most of them. The book settles in to reveal all about Corrine, who has lots of issues and who faces the ultimate one at the end of the book.

I would wish for all women a couple of good friends.