Three Friends

This Novel Good-Naturedly Explores The Nature Of Growing Up. In It Carlie Tells A Story To Her Friend Jan About A Time In Grade 11 When She And Her Best Buddies Barb And Alice Swam Every Morning At Their Own Beach In A Queensland Coastal Village Before Continuing On To Deal With Parents School Boys And Other Students. Jan However Wants Her To Get Past 1969 And To The Point Where She Slept With So Many Strange Boys In Her Second Year Of University. She Wants An Explanation. Carlie Puts Off That Part Of Her Story For As Long As She Can. Instead She Talks About How Alice Wants To Have Sex With Her Boyfriend Stuart How Stuart Is Asked To Join In A Drug-Running Partnership How The Police Start Following Stuart When He Starts Buying Boats Say Nothing Of How The Girls Want To Make Daring Bikinis. Say Nothing Of The Suspicions The Police Develop When They Learn Of The Alice-Stuart Connection. Yet Jan Is Impatient. She Wants To Know About More Than Mere High School Adventures No Matter How Sexy Or Funny Or Exciting They Are. And A Time Comes When Carlie Has To Explain A Few Things She'S Been Avoiding For A Long Time. Three Friends Will Appeal To Anybody Who Knows Something About What It Takes To Mature And Will Find Experiences Here To Recall And Enjoy.