The sad part is I've bought the sequel and will probably end up reading it as well and I don't expect I will like it any better. In the end I had a hard time caring about these characters and, in fact, skimmed the last 50 pages in an effort to get to the end and be done with it. Another word for a man like that is a pedophile. I was especially annoyed with a part in the book where Cee Cee takes off to be with a man who is willing to take a break from 12-year-old boys' to be with her. I couldn't see how these two women could be friends. In the film, Bette Midler brought a genuineness and likeability to Cee Cee which I did not find in the character in the book. I found her weak, powerless, needy and wholly uninteresting.Ĭee Cee was just too much. But my main problem with this character was her character. The connotations for the name 'Hillary' include - refined, educated and privileged. The screenwriter for the movie realized this. You can get a lot of mileage from a name. I'll start with Bertie (Hillary in the film). The main flaws had to do with the two main characters. I just finished the book and I have to say kudos to the screenwriters of the movie for fixing major flaws in the book. It occurred to me that I had never read the book. As usual, I got to the end and shed some tears and felt fully satisfied with the movie. I recently saw the movie,'Beaches' for the 3rd or 4th time. I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). Over time they are each alone, one is pregnant and all they want is a man to take care of them. Birdie moves onto her mothers college-to find a guy to wed.ĬC marries John who will send her also to voice classes as she's still a big star. Hard to follow at times as each sends letters or newspaper clippings and you don't really know who it's about til the signature at the end.

She has sexual fantasies about John the manager til she finds out Birdie has had sex with him and Birdie informs her of her mothers death. CC is very jealous as she is the one that is the star. The manager notices Birdie and offers her a job. She keeps in contact with Birdie.īirdie meets up with CC when she comes back to do shows in the summer. She's a dancer on stage and she can also sing.ĬC heads to the west coast where she becomes a big star on the stage.

CeeCee and Birdie meet at the beach when CC isn't able to find her mom.

Beaches by iris rainer dart