num_pages: 402
description: Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences for her children--and Kate's. Many of the characters in First Friends (published in the UK as Those Who Serve ) reappear in later Marcia Willett novels, and we meet their children as well. As always, Marcia Willett's wise understanding of love, loss, marriage, and parenthood is conveyed with honesty, generosity, and compassion.
language: English
title: First Friends
titlecomplete: First Friends
characters: Sarah Farley, Saul Wivenhoe, Liz Whelan, Nicholas Farley, John Marriot, George Lampeter, Felicity Mainwaring, Tony Whelan, Gemma Webster, Oliver Wivenhoe, Tom Wivenhoe, Annabel Hope-Latymer, Guy Webster, Giles Webster, Sophie Corbett, Lucinda Ankerton, Harriet Barrett-Thompson, William Hope-Latymer, Hugh Ankerton, Cassandra Wivenhoe, Michael Barrett-Thompson, Christopher Beauchamp, Kate Webster
genres: 20th Century, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 364
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin