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REVIEWED BY DEBS CARR
Lou Cairney has never fitted in with her parent's lifestyle. She feels very excluded by them and especially by her father. She wants to carry on at school to gain some qualifications, but her father insists that at sixteen it's time she started working full-time at the hairdressers where she's been a Saturday girl for the past three years. Deciding that she's had enough of their behaviour, she moves in with her aunt Josie instead. Her two best friends, Lizzy and Ginger, feel more like family to her than her parents and the three of them promise to keep each Friday free to meet up, or at least that's the plan.
The book starts in 2008 with the the women enjoying a spa weekend at a hotel in Glasgow. Lou has something she has to tell them and needs their support more than ever. As each woman reminisces about their teenage years, disastrous relationships and in some case, choices, they remember things they had each forgotten and discover more about each other and themselves than they had expected.
Although the book is written from each of the friends' point of view, it's Lou's story that we discover in the most detail. Their stories are often funny, sometimes sad and occasionally shocking. There were a couple of hand-over-mouth surprising moments, and I can honestly say I read this book in one sitting. Although we find out about the men in their lives, the story mainly centres on the women and their relationship.
Friday Night With The Girls is great fun. It reminded me of my own relationships with close friends and made me laugh many times. I hadn't read anything by Shari Low before, but my sister has and was sure I'd enjoy this book. She was right.
9/10
MORE ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE GIRLS
Friday Night With The Girls was published on 13th October. You can find out more about Shari and her other books at her website or follow her on Twitter.