A big, crowded, compelling novel about six women, best friends since high school, now in their forties and still "the girls." They've been close to each other forever. They've known each other's boyfriends and husbands-to-be, and shared in each other's most important moments. And then, on an ordinary day, one of their marriages violently crashes. Jessie Chickery, the prettiest, shoots the husband she's always been obsessively in love with: Pete, the most irresistable guy in town, a womanizer, but absolutely stalwart in time of need. Her friends are thunderstruck.The dj has minor wear at the top and bottom edges, and the spine ends. 307 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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