New York: Ballantine, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, the story of five women living in Palo Alto in California, each very different, but all originally defined by the roles as homemakers and mothers, who meet every Wednesday for thirty-five years. As time goes by and their children grow, they form a writers circle and they also experience "history in the making: Vietnam, the race for the moon, and a womens movement that challenges everything they have ever thought about themselves, while at the same time supporting one another through changes in their personal lives brought on by infidelity, longing, illness, failure, and success." 284 pp. ISBN: 978-0345502827.