Review by Booklist Review
Told through alternating viewpoints and flashbacks, Fader's latest (after The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season, 2020) opens with estranged sisters Abbie and Carla burying their mother, BettyKay. They are dumbfounded when famous movie star Kitty Devereaux tells them she and BettyKay were friends. In 1967 in Iowa, BettyKay and Kitty were roommates in nursing school. While Kitty dreamed of the big city, BettyKay was studious but found out she was pregnant shortly after her fiancé died in the Vietnam War. Kitty used all her resources to help BettyKay get an abortion so she wouldn't get kicked out of the program. Shortly after the procedure, BettyKay helped Kitty make it to Hollywood, where she quickly became a star. Despite their distance, they found themselves leaning on each other in times of uncertainty and need. The Sunshine Girls will have readers sitting on the edge of their seats while learning all about BettyKay's life alongside that of her daughters. Jane Green and Jennifer Weiner fans will enjoy this novel about two unlikely friends and the secrets that united them.
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