45. Beautiful Bodies

Beautiful Bodies was the next book on my marathon of reading during my vacation. Here's the B&N description:

Manhattan, the coldest night of the year -- six best friends rush to attend a celebration. Blown by wind and snow, the women arrive flushed, each caught in midadventure....

Tonight's the night of nights -- to rejoice in a new lover, leave an unfaithful husband, or decide to have a baby on one's own. These "six in the city" profes-sional women fight for their female choices. Sparks and zingers fly across the table....Love lives, secrets, and friendships go up in candle flame.

Who will win -- the romantics or the realists? How can working women triumph in such trying times? While the cell phones chime and the biological clocks rewind, the friends enact a timeless ceremony. Here is our urban "friends-as-family" generation.

The second half of the book, the part where the characters actually interact was good, but the first half was not. It intoduced each character in lengthy chapters, giving detailed accounts of their lives and by the time they actually interacted I wasn't sure who was who and what their deal was, and I pretty much read the book in a day, so I can't imagine how confused I would have been if it had been over a week or more. I wouldn't say this one is bad, but if you read it just know what you are getting yourself in to.