Thursday, November 8, 2001

The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney


Meet the Saving Graces, four of the best friends a woman can ever have. For ten years, Emma, Rudy, Lee and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped them deal with the ebb and flow of expactations and disappointments common to us all. Calling themselves the Saving Graces, the quartet is united by understanding, honestly, and acceptance—a connection that has grown stronger as the years go by...

Though these sisters of the heart and soul have seen it all, talked through it all, Emma, Rudy, Lee and Isabel will not be prepared for a crisis of astouding proporations that will put their love and courage to the ultimate test. ~authors website

Characters
Emma, a sharp-tongued. soft-hearted skeptic, doesn't believe in love - until she meets the one man she can't have.
Lee, whom they all are sure is "the normal one," longs for a baby.
Isabel, the oldest, is a survivor whose wisdom and strength were forged by the worst trials life can offer. Divorced and free, she's falling for her single, attractive neighbor--a man she's sure must be gay.
Rudy a beauty with an extraordinary gift for love and a shaky, dysfunctional past, is desperately trying to hold on to her deeply troubled marriage.