Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann and Beth. All
successful authors, they have been drawn together by the
sudden death
of their friend Gabby—and the favor she has asked of them.
For these
four women, each struggling at a crossroads in life, a
summer spent
sorting through Gabby’s personal papers offers the perfect
challenge—and
the perfect escape.
Elly
— the intellectual spinster who’s hidden herself within the
walls
of academia, afraid to admit that she’s tired of being
alone. Sable — her bestselling novels have made her a star,
but the
woman who has everything in fact has nothing except a past
she’s desperate
to hide.
Barbara Ann — the talent behind twenty-six romance
novels,
who wakes up one day to find she’s lost control of her
career, her
sanity and her family.
Beth — her popular mysteries have become the only
way she can
fight back against the secret tyranny of her abusive
husband.
In the house on Olive Street, away from
their menagerie of troubles, these women will discover
something marvelous:
themselves, each other and pieces of a dream that only they
can make
happen. For in telling the hidden story of a remarkable
woman, their
own lives are about to change.
