Four Friends. One City. City of Friends is the twentieth novel from the number one bestselling author, Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope is the author of nineteen highly acclaimed and bestselling novels, including The Rector's Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She was appointed OBE in 1996, and a trustee of the National Literacy Trust in 2012. She has chaired the Whitbread and Orange Awards, as well as being a judge of many other literature prizes; she has been part of two DCMS panels on public libraries and is patron of numerous charities, including Meningitis Now, and Chawton House Library. In 2014, she updated Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility as the opening novel in the Austen Project. City of Friends is her twentieth novel.
Joanna Trollope's novels address the issues and emotional journeys
that face women today. In this, her 20th novel, she turns a sharp
and reflective eye upon four friends in their workplaces . . . As
the novel progresses, each woman is forced to question herself and
to ask what really matters. How important is work? How much more do
women have to put up with the workplace than men? What price
transparency, especially among friends? The author addresses all
the question with her customary insight and wisdom, depicting the
characters with warmth and psychological veracity, drawing the
reader deep into their lives.
*S Magazine, Sunday Express*
Ventures into tough new territories of female experience.
*Sunday Times*
It's fiendishly well plotted and, with its glittering London
settings, full of urban glamour
*Daily Mail*
Explores the multiple frustrations, pressures and hidden agonies of
the lives of modern women
*Metro*
This is a delightfully grown-up tale, deftly balancing escapist
details with relatable office and home challenges, including ageing
parents, rebellious teens and boardroom ethics. Poised and
insightful, it's a paean to the joys of leaning in - especially
when the going gets tough.
*Mail on Sunday*
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