Birdie moves onto her mothers college-to find a guy to wed.CC marries John who will send her also to voice classes as she's still a big star. CC is very jealous as she is the one that is the star.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.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. The manager notices Birdie and offers her a job. She keeps in contact with Birdie.Birdie 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.CC heads to the west coast where she becomes a big star on the stage. Read moreīeaches by Iris Rainer DartCeeCee and Birdie meet at the beach when CC isn't able to find her mom. 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.Perhaps people who have not seen the movie will enjoy it more than I did but I will caution anybody who is a fan of the movie that the book is a weak story in comparison. 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 '#$'$ing 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.Cee 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. The main flaws had to do with the two main characters.I'll start with Bertie (Hillary in the film). It occurred to me that I had never read the book.I just finished the book and I have to say kudos to the screenwriters of the movie for fixing major flaws in 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.

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