I do not like Alice Mattison's writing style. It is rather choppy and she really didn't give any reason to want to give two shits about her characters. It took me a very long time to actually CARE about her characters, nearly until the end of the book. That's bad writing if you ask me. Anyway, the book ended up being ok. It was a study of women and their friendships with each other. It was ok, I don't know if I would recommend it to others, but I am glad I finished it. I am not sure I'd read any of her other work just because her writing style really isn't that great to me.