For Katherine Givens and the four women about to become her
best friends, the adventure begins with a UPS package.
Inside is a pair of red sneakers filled with ashes and a
note that will forever change their lives. Katherine’s
oldest and dearest friend, the irrepressible Annie Freeman,
left one final request–a traveling funeral–and she wants the
most important women in her life as
“pallbearers.”
From Sonoma to Manhattan, Katherine,
Laura, Rebecca, Jill, and Marie will carry Annie’s ashes to
the special places in her life. At every stop there’s a
surprise encounter and a small miracle waiting, and as they
whoop it up across the country, attracting interest wherever
they go, they share their deepest secrets–tales of broken
hearts and second chances, missed opportunities and new
beginnings. And as they grieve over what they’ve lost, they
discover how much is still possible if only they can unravel
the secret Annie left them....