My Friend, Mon Ennemie

More than a place on a map - more than a dream - a summit that Annie Jensen scaled climbing from her hometown to Columbia University. Annie thinks she has arrived. Until she doesn't. Alone on a dirty sidewalk surrounded by strangers, unable to breathe, Annie starts to question everything she has worked so hard to achieve. What should she do? Push all ambition aside and head to the safety of home? A tempest sweeps away her inner turmoil when her unpredictable roommate Julia arrives on the scene.

So different, yet they become opposite sides of the same coin: Annie has book smarts, Julia has street smarts. Together they are unstoppable, claiming The Big Apple as their own. Nothing could tear them apart - until Annie becomes stranded in Paris. Julia comes to her rescue only to trigger a series of events that changes everything. Annie has to choose between her friendship with Julia and a romance she never could have imagined.

Thirteen years later Julia needs Annie. This time Julia is in Paris. Is Annie willing to come to her rescue? Has too much happened to breach the chasm that has separated the two women for more than a decade? Is forgiveness possible? Annie negotiates the pain of the past with the reality of the present in heart-wrenching introspection that challenges not only her perception of self but also her family. Is it possible to balance the scales of love and friendship, hate and exile?

My Friend, Mon Enemie is a timely exploration of the destructive triangulation of friendship, loyalty, and pride - and the powerful impact of myriad shapes of love in redefining relationships.