First published 2009
In the Lakeshore neighborhood of Chicago, four sisters grow up hearing the same story from their widowed mother. Every good, sweet, and pure girl will find her Prince Charming, she tells them. He will bring love and happiness that lasts forever. Each sister interprets this love legend differently as they navigate their own romantic lives. Suitors arrive and depart, but fate deals each woman a unique hand. The legend that was meant to guide them becomes something each must wrestle with in her own way. As the sisters mature, they discover that the simple fairy tale of their childhood cannot contain the complexity of real love and real life. Their mother's cherished belief meets the messy reality of courtship, desire, and heartbreak in a rapidly changing world.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Chicago, Lakeshore
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
280 pages · Paperback · Rvive Books