Best Friends Forever is a grand, hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure; a story about
betrayal and loyalty, family history
and small-town secrets. It's about living through tragedy, finding love where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends together. The novel is about a friendship that goes sour and then is resurrected and often has a madcap, Thelma and Louise-feel, especially when the two friends are "on the lam."
Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years old. But in the wake of
betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the
popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school's scapegoat.
Best Friends Forever is a frothy treat. It's another superlative novel by Weiner, about a big girl with a bigger heart, that will have women and men of all sizes cheering.