Julia Summers is a super wealthy mom of two who, with her gorgeous husband who adores her live on the Upper East Side where Julia’s motto is the more it costs the better!
Her lifestyle and status make her the envy of the mom’s who are beneath her at the very private school her children attend. She can choose to speak to you while other’s look on enviously, or she can blow you off…her choice. She is A list and her friends at the school are all A list as well. She is invited to only the premiere events and fundraisers. She has a nanny/housekeeper for the family. Julia lives in a perfect bubble of a world.
But when their Hampton home floods just prior to the summer season and they have to stay in “the city”, Julia decides to take on a project. Tatum, who is a mousy, shy spin instructor at Flame, an unknown small gym, intrigues her. She decides to remake her. Sort of as her protégé.
But the naïve protégé may not be exactly who she seems. Soon, Julia finds most of her “cool” friends fawning all over Tatum. Then they begin to distance themselves from her and she sees her status begin to go from A to B to… what is happening? Then Julia’s husband is arrested and jailed. Julia is not only ostracized from her group, but she is being replaced by women who were much lower on her grade level. And now her husband is in the news…and not in a good way!
But as in most cases when you hit rock bottom, you begin to realize just who your real friends are, some who you never thought would ever give YOU the time of day. You also begin to see what is really important in your life and the lives of your family. Your priorities begin to change…but you still must watch out for your frenemies.
This was a funny hard to read novel. By that I mean as the reader, you see Julia’s mistakes coming and all you want to do is tell her to stop! But you can’t, and all you can do is let her make the mistakes…and she does! Then you hope she will learn…
Thank you #NetGalley #BallentineBooks #That’sWhatFrenemiesAreFor #SophieLittlefield #LaurenGershell for the advanced copy.
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