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'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.
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Redel's prose is artful and insightful ... this is a hugely moving celebration of love, life and friendship. (Eithne Farry S Magazine)
Terminal illness doesn't always bring out the best in people, nor does it preclude other sorrows. To find an honest and sympathetic reflection of both truths is refreshing. (Daily Mail)
Bittersweet (Grazia)
An extraordinary, touching and tender story about female friendship. (Prima Magazine)
A riveting celebration of life and death. (Elle Magazine)
Brings to mind Virginia Woolf's The Waves. (BBC Culture)
Poetic and insightful ... I have been blown away. (Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming)
An unflinching and affecting look at how one woman's final days change the lives of those around her. (Publishers Weekly)
Before Everything turns on the grand themes, love and death. Redel's elegant narration unfolds not in linear time but in the time of memory, moving among the friends to reveal their shifting connections, needs, and circumstances. 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)
Before Everything is a riveting, timely story that explores the unsettlingly beautiful, emotionally charged landscape that is revealed when old friends embrace what they have never before admitted: the limits of mortality and the boundlessness of friendship. (Ruth Ozeki)
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Terminal illness doesn't always bring out the best in people, nor does it preclude other sorrows. To find an honest and sympathetic reflection of both truths is refreshing. (Daily Mail)
Bittersweet (Grazia)
An extraordinary, touching and tender story about female friendship. (Prima Magazine)
A riveting celebration of life and death. (Elle Magazine)
Brings to mind Virginia Woolf's The Waves. (BBC Culture)
Poetic and insightful ... I have been blown away. (Laura Jane Williams, author of Becoming)
An unflinching and affecting look at how one woman's final days change the lives of those around her. (Publishers Weekly)
Before Everything turns on the grand themes, love and death. Redel's elegant narration unfolds not in linear time but in the time of memory, moving among the friends to reveal their shifting connections, needs, and circumstances. 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)
Before Everything is a riveting, timely story that explores the unsettlingly beautiful, emotionally charged landscape that is revealed when old friends embrace what they have never before admitted: the limits of mortality and the boundlessness of friendship. (Ruth Ozeki)
Before Everything is an ode to friendship for readers of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett, full of dry humour, quiet wisdom and huge empathy.
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