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Description edit
The loss of their close friend draws four women together. And a summer spent sorting through personal effects offers the perfect challenge-and the perfect escape. Sable-her bestselling novels have made her a star, but the woman who has everything, in fact, has nothing but a past she is... read more
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Characters edit
- Eleanor "Elly": fifty-eight year old woman, never married, very serious, a college professor
- Sable Tennet: an extremely successful author, trying to put forth a perfect facade, appearing aloof to others, hiding painful secrets
- Barbara Ann Vaughan: a small time Romance author feeling trapped and overwhelmed by her life, taken for granted by those around her
- Beth Mahoney: a woman living with secrets she fears others will find out, particularly her 'perfect' family-is pregnant, married to Jack Mahoney
- Ceola: Gabby's mother
- Gabby: the dear friend who died on her 50th birthday
- Jack Mahoney: Beth's abusive, pilot husband
- Mike Vaughan: Barbara Ann's husband
- Jeff Petross: Sable's personal security consultant, love interest
- Sarah: Gabby's daughter
- David: Gabby's son
- Dorothy: Sable's cook and housekeeper, a cold, distant woman
- Ben: Elly's secret love
- Bobby Vaughan: Barbara Ann's second oldest son
- Joe Vaughan: Barbara Ann's third son
- Matt Vaughan: Barbara Ann's oldest son
- Billy Vaughan: Barbara Ann's youngest son
- Brandt: character in an autobiographical book Gabby had been writing
- Arnie: Sable's agent
- John Shelby: real name of the character in Gabby's autobiography
- Carleen: Beth's younger sister, who told her of family 'secrets'
- Phil: married to Carleen
- Lindsey: downs syndrome baby, Sarah's daughter
- Butch Parker: married to Helen years before
- Helen: homely, skinny young girl, from an abusive home, married Butch
- Rachael: TV talk show host
- Alex: Add a description of this character.
- Beatrice Shelby: John Shelby's wife
- Justin: Sarah's husband,
- Clare: Gabby's character in an autobiographical love story she had been writing for years
- Martin: Ceola's seventh or eighth husband
- Thomas Adam: Sable's son, killed by his father
- Daisy: Gabby's dog
- Todd Shelby: John Shelby's son
- Mr. Warneke: Barbara's defense attorney
- Ed: David's lover
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- New York
- Kansas City
- Sacramento
- California
- Virginia
- Hidden Valley
- Belfast
- Los Angeles
- Fresno
- Ireland
First Sentence edit
Elly sensed something was wrong immediately, but since she was not a woman who lived by her instincts, she did nothing.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robyn Carr (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Mira
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2868-1
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Mira
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7783-2868-1
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Carr, Robyn
- Books › Romance › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Robyn Carr: Author's website
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