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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