In the bestselling tradition of Beaches comes a poignant and unforgettable novel of two very different women separated by miles and experience and the extraordinary long-distance friendship that changes and illuminates their lives.

Lara is a smart, sophisticated New Yorker who finds a lump in her breast and is frightened about her future. She goes online, looking for answers, which is where she "meets" Susan, a smart, steady, no-frills Midwesterner, who is a two-year breast cancer survivor. What begins as a chance encounter on the Internet quickly blossoms into a very special friendship. As their email messages fly back and forth, the women forge a powerful bond of trust, honesty and understanding. Before long they are sharing their lives in full - talking of husbands and children, dreams and desires, the daily cycle of success and setback - and together learning to laugh uproariously over the small and large absurdities of the world.
Lara and Susan originally go online looking for kind words and good advice, but find in each other the greatest gift of all: a true and forever friend. It is a relationship that will ring true with anyone who has ever faced adversity with the support of a treasured friend.
Vivid, funny , original, and profoundly moving, Laney Katz Becker's debut is an intimate portrait of two complete strangers who become soul mates across hundreds of miles, and who discover the strength and the will to reach out and take hold of the wondrous stuff of life.

REVIEWS:

"I loved this novel and I couldn't put it down... A book of husbands and wives, mothers and children, best friends who've never met. It promises that when you're having the most terrifying moment of your life, someone will reach out of the dark to take your hand. It proves that love matters more than anything."
-Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author

"Becker, who captures perfectly the strangely chatty tone of an online relationship, never lets us doubt the tenderness of their connection. We truly feel as if we are eavesdropping on a blossoming friendship."
- Redbook

"... sweet, unsentimental, and ultimately moving - a valuable contribution to the literature of cancer and the triumph of women's courage." - Patricia Gaffney, New York Times bestselling author

"[An] earnest, appealing debut novel... an informative, realistic tale of the evolution of a friendship."
-Publishers Weekly

"The characters feel real and provide insight into the lot of cancer patients... A helpful book."
-Library Journal (recommended)

"If Lara and Sue were real, they'd be tops on my buddy list... this is good!"
- Literary Guild (Alternate section)

"No matter whether you have suffered through the disease or never had any contact with it at all, Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend is sure to tug at your hear and boggle your mind with its intensity and richness."
- Bookreporter

"A book all women could profit from... This is a novel I would have hated to miss."
-The Huntsville Times

"Ms. Becker presents a combination of medical information, personal anecdotes , and a range of physical and emotional responses to treatments, interactions with doctors, family life, and breast cancer itself."
- New York Times

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• Publication Date: August 21, 2013
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• Print Length: 288 Pages
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