"With searing clarity and poignant insight, Suzanne Hillier takes readers deep into one woman's personal hell. My Best Friend Was Angela Bennett is a transformational exploration of abuse, sadism, shame, entrapment, and injustice. This tragic account of why one woman stays sheds light on the psychological and physical horrors of domestic violence. A truly harrowing journey."
-Angie Abdou, author of The Bone Cage
"If you're always looking for another book to read, as I am, this is a brilliant choice. What engaging storytelling! Suzanne Hillier is overdue to burst on the literary scene."
-Adair Lara, former columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle
"Suzanne Hillier's My Best Friend Was Angela Bennett is a fierce, provocative novel about love, loyalty, and survival. With exacting, often witty prose, Hillier explores a time and place of narrow expectations for women and the chasm spousal abuse creates between friends. This novel is harrowing, funny, tender, unforgettable. It will stay with you."
-Libby Creelman, author of Walking in Paradise
"An unflinching, often searing, account of two women's lives and enduring friendship in Smallwood-era Newfoundland."
-Ed Riche, author of Rare Birds
