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Talk before sleepElizabeth Berg
Literary

Talk before sleep

240 pagesFirst published 19945 editions
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What do women talk about when they know they don't have forever? They talk about what they have always talked about, only they go deeper and are more honest; with outrageous humor they try to mitigate pain. Intimate and uncensored sharing, the kind of connection women prize, is at the heart of this deeply moving novel about the grit and power of female friends. Ann and Ruth have always talked as only great friends can - honestly, and about everything: husbands and marriages, sex lives and children, their work, their hopes, their disappointments, and their dreams. For Ann, cautious and…

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Editions

5 editions
  • Other · English · 2004
    W. F. Howes · 261 pages · 9781845056636
  • Other · English · 1995
    Bantam · 224 pages · 9780553409567
  • Other · English · 1995
    Island Books · 284 pages · 9780440221098
  • Other · English · 1994
    Thorndike Press · 257 pages · 9780786203338
  • Other · English · 1994
    Random House · 210 pages · 9780679432999
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