Rating:  Summary: How two friends kept up there friendship. Review: When I first heard of this book, I thought it would be another type of ho-hum book. But I was wrong. This was a great book and I love to hear how each woman was growing and how there lives were changing.Hilary and Kate were best friends. When Kate and her new husband go off to Kenya to teach to student in there area Hilary is crushed. She will miss her friend Kate being there all the time, but the two promise to write each other and keep in touch. While Kate is Kenya she learns what it means to do without there are many things that Kate has to learn that the people of Kenya don't have. As she and Dave start to teach she starts to realize that the people in Kenya have a different view on things in school and that she might not be enjoying it as much as she expected. Hilary on the other hand is dealing with her life in New York. She is trying to get that all too perfect apartment where she can finally live on her own and keeping jobs that will make her happy. As she reads Kate's letter she realizes that there is more to life then she expected. This book covers a one year span of there friendship and how each of them must learn to grow up and face the challanges in there lives. This was a great book to read..
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