*In this collection of tender, beautifully told stories, a girl grows up navigating through loyalty and loss with the help of three unforgettable women: her best friend, her romance-addled cousin, and her mother. From the author of The Third Angel. First published in 1999. "Excellently crafted portraits of four women. The narrators add much to the story, vocally capturing its wry qualities, its ironies, its pathos, its humor."—AudioFile