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Would you ever really know your mother, your child, the folks in your loved ones? In this rich and satisfying new novel by the beloved bestselling writer of Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother reveals the way the secrets and complexities of yesteryear have shaped the lives of the ladies in a household. Ginny Young is on the plane, en-route to see her mom, whom she has not seen or talked to for thirty five years.   She thinks back once again to summer time of 1958, when she and her sister, Sharla, were young women. At that time,a number of remarkable events--starting with the appearance of the strange and sensuous next door neighbor--split the household, separating the siblings from their mother.  Moving back and forth in time between your girl she was previously and the woman she's become, Ginny at last confronts agonizing options that happen in nearly every woman's life, and discovers shocking facts about the people she thought she understood best.Emotional integrity and a genuine knowledge of people and relationships are mixed in this moving and deeply satisfying new book by the author who "writes with humor and a large heart about resilience, love and Wish.