New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves a stunning and intricate tapestry of life, love, and acceptance. With their daughters off to college, the time has come for forever best friends Emily, Kay, and Celeste to redefine themselves as women. Once half of a perfect marriage--still suffering from a terrible loss--Emily hardly knows her workaholic husband, Doug, anymore, and is drawn instead to what is offered by a new neighbor. A dedicated teacher who loves her job, Kay is confused and troubled by husband John's unfamiliar demands. And Celeste, long-divorced and ecstatic with freedom, sees her electric new life dimmed when her child is endangered. As the three friends struggle to navigate this uncharted territory, they find themselves redefining their dreams, desires, and what it means--to each of them--to be a woman. But before they can bring about change, they must learn the hardest lesson of all: how to love themselves.
This book was such an inspiration! I couldn't put it down. The characters were so real and so true to life. This stuff can really happen to women today.
Could not put it down
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
It's a funny story at times. It's a sad story at times. It has the feeling of living right there on the street with the characters. All kinds of middle life struggles going on. Trying to stay fit as a 20 year old, midlife pregnancy, a husband that can't seem to talk to his wife because of his grief, an elderly eccentric neighbor, and on and on. Don't miss the chance to read this book............It's fantastic!!!!
I'm hooked!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This was the first book I've read by this author but it certainly won't be the last. I love how this book made me think about the people who mean the most in my own life. The saddest part of this book was when I reached the last page because I had come to know the characters so well that I didn't want the story to end.
This is a must read for the romantic within you
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I, personally, read this book while vacationing in Grand Caymand Islands. It was deliciously romantic, heart-warming and a suspenseful thriller. It takes you to softer places within your heart. It draws into question love, family, romance and creates suspicion of all of these puzzle pieces within a married life. The romantic drama is fantastically dancing at all times in Barbara's books. A must read for the romantic soul and anyone who loves to root for the underdog.
I couldn't put this book down.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I consider this book a must read for any forty-something woman. It speaks volumes about adult friendships, relationships between parents and children, and marriage. There may be something to the old saying, "She doesn't know because she doesn't want to know." I didn't want this book to end. I'm a new fan of Delinsky.
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