When Lucy discovered that her charming, cheating husband was dying, she came home, opened up his little black book, and decided she wasnโt going through this alone. After all, Artieโs sweethearts were there for the good timesโis it fair that Lucy should have to manage the hard times herself? In this wise, wickedly funny new novel, Lucy dials up the women in Artieโs black book and invites them for one last visit. The last thing she expects is that any will actually show up.
But one by one, they do show up: The one who hates him. The one who owes her life to him. The one he turned into a lesbian, and the one he taught to dance. And among them is a visitor with the strangest story of all: the young man who may or may not be Artieโs long-lost son.
For Lucy, the jaw-dropping procession of women is an education in the man she canโt forgive and couldnโt leave. And as the women find themselves sharing secrets and sharing tears, they start to discover kindred spiritsโand even something thatโs a lot like family. But Lucy knows one thing for certain: the biggest surprises are yet to comeโฆ.
Full of heart, Bridget Asherโs unforgettable novel is about mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and the deep friendships between women. Itโs about sweet liars and tenderhearted cheatersโabout loving those we love for reasons we canโt always fully rationalize, and about the sort of forgiveness that can change someoneโs entire life in the most unexpected and extraordinary ways.
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