What didn’t I like about this book? Cee Cee Bloom is not a very nice person in this book, and I found it hard to really care for her. Through many years and personal hardships they remain friends, until a tragic illness brings them together. The basic story stays the same: Cee Cee Bloom and Bertie White (Hillary in the movie) form an unlikely friendship when they are 10 and & 7 years old (respectively). I am therefore sorry to say that I didn’t like it that much. Having seen the movie Beaches more times than I can count, I was looking forward to the book. I would personally say watch the movie first as it provided an even better vision when reading. I think the selfishness which she processes is very real, and it is just who she is, but she is also hard working, loving and very broken this is where they both balance each other out.įor now, this continues to be my favorite book, and if you have not, watch the movie. I think there is something real to this book which everyone can relate a part of their life to, no matter what age.Īlso, a lot of people seem to hate Cee Cee's character for being nasty, and potty mouthed. I think both characters balance each other out in the best way, they feed off each other, more so Bertie throughout the book, especially towards the end. The book follows their life during relationships, marriage/breakups sex, love, death and carers, but mostly friendship and the importance of friendships. They then start to send letters which leads into their adulthood.Īs maybe guessed they do meet each other again later in life in a bar in New York where Cee Cee adopts her again. As Cee Cee starts to sing Bernie is wowed as she 'never has heard anyone sing that good'.Īfter that they swap information and promise to write to one another. They met under a boardwalk on a beach in Atlantic City, after Bertie lost her mother and Aunt.Ĭee Cee adapts her for a short while and brings her along to an audition for a play. She comes from a rich family, speaks properly, with wonderful manners and very smart. It follows a relationship between two very different girls: Cee Cee Bloom, a loud mouth/potty mouthed red head who meets the acquaintance of a girl who is different in every way: Bertie. For those who have not read, or watched the movie, the book is set between 19.

Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart