This book is not for everyone - very sad and very emotional.

4.5 stars (too sad to be 5 stars). I read this book so long ago and always remembered it. I especially remembered a bit of dialogue from a character talking about impending death and comparing it to how it felt when we were kids and we got called in first to eat dinner. We we were sad because it was still sort of light out and our friends were still out. But once in, we were kind of glad to be there.

I tried to remember the name of this book and the author for years, to no avail. Then late last night, I saw something on social media about a new book by Elizabeth Berg and I looked for it online at the library. The new book wasn’t there, but this one was. Right away, I thought - that is it, the book I have wracked my brain to remember all these years!

Sad fictionalized story of a friend of the author who died young of breast cancer surrounded by and supported by her friends. All about female friendships and struggling with mortality. Tear jerker, but lovely. Gave you so much to think about in terms of friendship and life. I read it in one day and was shocked by how much I remembered from my first reading. I think I will re-read a bunch of her books now (and hopefully get the new one too).