Author(s): Diamant, Anita

General Fiction

The author of the phenomenal bestseller The Red Tent again delves into the secret lives of women, with a contemporary novel that reaffirms her remarkable gifts as a natural storyteller. When Kathleen meets Joyce, each has come to a turning point in her life. Kathleen, whose sister died of breast cancer fifteen years earlier, has just been diagnosed herself. Joyce, increasingly distant from her adolescent daughter, is taking stock of her marriage and family and struggling to write her second novel. When these two women meet for the first time, they recognise an immediate connection. And as they take long walks at Good Harbor beach, they begin to share their intimate histories and help each other to heal old wounds. In this perceptive and beautiful novel, Diamant brings to life not only these women, but also their families. Like Anita Shreve and Sue Miller, and with her own trademark wisdom and humour, Diamant writes of the tragedy of loss, the destructive and restorative power of secrets and, ultimately, of the tenderness of friendship and love. Anita Diamant has been a prizewinning journalist and nonfiction writer for more than twenty years. Her first novel, The Red Tent, has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. The destructive and restorative power of secrets, and ultimately, of the tenderness of friendship and love. (Preceeding text courtesy www.allenandunwin.com) Paperback