The Girls

By Elaine Kagan

Book Overview

Now in their forties, six midwestern women have enjoyed a close personal friendship for years, sharing the intimate details of one another's lives until the marriage of one of their number and her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679433953
• ISBN13: 9780679433958
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Kagan Knows Women

What a joy to read an author who *knows* about women. Having found myself on the floor under the dining room table (with cereal in my hair) more than once in my 49+ years I applaud the author. She spins a tale that is real. How refreshing.

Once started, I couldn't stop

What can I say, this book was surely one of the best and most thrilling, I've ever read. During the first few pages I hadn't got a clou what the hell all this was about, but once I had the point, I couldn't stop readin. I wanted to know all about the girls, about the different characters, their lives, fears and their relation with Michael. You should go to the next bookshop and get it. Thrilling, funny and excellently written. If there were mor than 5 stars, I'd give more

great book for a reading group

I stumbled across this book at the library and checked it out on a whim. I am so glad I did ... This is a book you want all your friends to read so you will have someone to discuss it with -- was Pete a bad guy or a good guy? Was his death justified? All things considered, did these people treat each other the way friends are supposed to, especially 'the girls'? Bottom line: An Excellent Book.

4 friends love 1 dead man in their own way

This book provides different points of view on the same man after his death. The reader is able to see that although a womanizer, this man had something to contribute to his relationships with the 4 women featured. A profile by his sister is also included in this tale of lust, friendship, and family ties. Kagan does a remarkable job of showing the same person as 4 different personalities as seen through the eyes of these friends who each mourn his death in his own way. After the reader finally decides that he has a clear picture of who this man was and why he his dead, Ms. Kagan suprises us further