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Beaches

A Novel

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Loudmouthed, redheaded Cee Cee Bloom has her sights set on Hollywood. Quiet and conservative Bertie White dreams of getting married and having children. In 1951, their childhood worlds collide in Atlantic City. Keeping in touch as pen pals, they reunite over the years—always near the ocean.

Read by the author, this powerful and moving novel follows Cee Cee and Bertie's extraordinary and unlikely friendship over thirty years as they evolve from adolescents into adults. A bestselling novel that became a hugely successful film, Beaches is funny, warm, heartbreaking tale.

©1990 Iris Rainer Dart (P)1990 Phoenix Books, Inc. Friendship Genre Fiction Women's Fiction

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"A touching story of the friendship between two very different women. Cee Cee Bloom, with her loud mouth, loud personality and flaming red hair, is determined to become a Hollywood star. Bertie White, delicate and conservative, hopes for a loving husband and family. They meet as children in 1951 in Atlantic City, and, as pen pals, keep in touch with each other. Their reunions through the years always occur at or near the beach, whether in Sarasota, Malibu or Hawaii. Their story jumps back and forth between past and present. Cee Cee and Bertie are genuine, and readers will like them and understand why they are friends." (School Library Journal)
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You always hear people say the book is better than the film, but in this case the film is 100 times better than the book just my opinion, maybe if I had a read a book before I watch the film, I would have liked it better, but it was two different for me

Nothing like the film

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