First published 2011
Carmen acts on Broadway stages but feels hollow without her three best friends. Lena teaches art classes in Rhode Island, still wondering about Kostos and choices she never made. Bridget shares an apartment with Eric in San Francisco, yet her old restlessness pulls against any thoughts of marriage. The four women have built separate adult lives, but each senses something vital is missing. Then Tibby breaks the silence. She mails plane tickets to the other three, calling them back together for a reunion none of them can resist. They pack their bags with excitement, ready to reclaim the bond that once defined them. But Tibby's invitation carries consequences that will shatter their expectations and force each woman to confront what growing up really means. The reunion becomes a reckoning with loss, friendship, and the courage needed to rebuild a life when everything familiar falls away.
Genres: family-life, friendship, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, second-chance
Setting: Broadway, Rhode Island, San Francisco
Period: 21st-century
349 pages · Hardcover · Random House