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  The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore
 

The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore - Pippa Wright (2015)

 

When Esther finds out her childhood best friend, Laura, has gone missing, she heads for San Francisco to look for her. All she has to go on is a recent email that reveals Laura is following the gospel according to Drew Barrymore - a tradition shared by the friends. But Esther isn't exactly sure what Laura means this time. The pair have drifted apart over the years - Esther is a married mother of one still living in England, while Laura is single and has moved to California to follow her passion for wine-making. The story returns time and again to the women's past, as readers join Esther in her mission to track down her friend. This is a poignant look into the shifting nature of friendship, told with warmth and lots of nostalgia for those who came of age in the 1990s. The conclusion wasn't as dramatic as I was expecting though. Score - 7

 
  The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore
 

Pippa Wright's latest novel, The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore, is about female friendship and the painful art of growing up in the 1990s. The summary says: "Friendship is like a shark: it has to keep moving forwards to survive. Esther and Laura have been best friends since they were seven, when Esther was chubby and Laura was already perfect. So much has changed since then - school, boyfriends, drink, experimental hair-dye, university, jobs, London, babies - and their friendship has changed just as much, but they are still close, still inextricably linked to one another. So when Esther is told that Laura has gone missing, she leaves everything behind - including her husband and small child - to fly to San Francisco and trace her friend's last movements. All she has is an email from Laura: 'I'm channelling Drew Barrymore, as ever. The Gospel, right?' In trying to understand why Laura has disappeared, and what on earth Drew Barrymore has to do with it, Esther needs to look back. Back at the secrets woven into their friendship and the truths she's avoided facing for so long." The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore is out in March 2015.

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