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Fifteen years after their Princeton graduation, Jay, Franny, Emerson, and Stevie meet at a college reunion. Life has taken each of them in different directions -- Jay is a married man with a baby on the way, while Franny yearns for a child. Divorced single mom Emerson is drawn to a man who challenges her assumptions about finding a once-in-a-lifetime love. And Stevie has recently been rocked by a shocking revelation -- the answer to a long-kept family secret.

Now the bond between them takes a surprising twist, one that changes how each feels about family and friendship. One thing is certain: They will all find their heart's desires in the last place they imagine -- as they discover that family is less about blood ties than the warm embrace of ones who accept them as they are.

About The Author

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Eileen Goudge is one of the nation’s most successful authors of women’s fiction. She began as a young adult writer, helping to launch the phenomenally successful Sweet Valley High series, and in 1986 she published her first adult novel, the New York Times bestseller Garden of Lies. She has published fifteen novels in all, including the three-book saga of Carson Springs, Thorns of Truth—a sequel to Gardens of Lies—and 2012’s The Replacement Wife. She lives and works in New York City. Visit her website at EileenGoudge.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Gallery Books (July 3, 2007)
  • Length: 352 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780743483421

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"A gifted writer with an eye for telling detail." -- Chicago Tribune

"Goudge keeps you cheering. . . ." -- People

"Goudge . . . reminds us of the delights to be had in explorations of the improbable." -- New York Times Book Review

"An intelligent, page-turning read . . . enticingly unpredictable." -- Booklist

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