Looking back, it seemed like livesfilled with the blessings of friendship, marriage, children, and career. For twenty years, four friends - Chris, Barbara, Susan, and Vicki - shared everything and faced the challenges of life and love head-on. Now, one sits alone to ponder the strange twists of fate and circumstance. Now, she must sift through the past to discover exactly what went wrong, how dreams turned to nightmares as friendships faded and lives were destroyed....Joy Fielding unlocks the secrets hidden within even the closest relationships in a powerful and mesmerizing novel that explores the meaning of unconditional love.