Quotes from book
My Best Friend's Girl

Name: My Best Friend's Girl
Author: Dorothy Koomson

My Best Friend's Girl is a 2006 novel by Dorothy Koomson. The book's sales were boosted when it was chosen for the Richard and Judy's Summer Reads shortlist. The novel is about a woman called Kamryn Matika, who finds out that her best friend, Adele, is dying of cancer. Adele wants Kamryn to adopt her five-year-old daughter, Tegan after she dies. The book deals with themes of death and grief, innocence and forgiveness. The title is drawn from the 1976 song "My Best Friend's Girl" by The Cars.

“That's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.”

Dorothy Koomson book My Best Friend's Girl

Source: My Best Friend's Girl

“When you can't be honest with people, you can't ever relax with them.”

Dorothy Koomson book My Best Friend's Girl

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“I don't want to rely on something that could be taken away at some point.”

Dorothy Koomson book My Best Friend's Girl

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“Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat. Why give someone that power over you? Why endow them with the ability to hurt you that much? Let someone in and you were asking for an emotional kicking some day.”

Dorothy Koomson book My Best Friend's Girl

Source: My Best Friend's Girl