The House on Olive Street

Book excerpt: The loss of their close friend draws four women together. And a summer spent sorting through personal effects offers the perfect challenge—and the perfect escape. Sable—her bestselling novels have made her a star, but the woman who has everything, in fact, has nothing but a past she is desperate to hide Elly—the intellectual who has hidden herself within the walls of academia, afraid to admit she is tired of being alone Barbara Ann—the talent behind twenty-six romance novels wakes up one day to discover she's lost control of her career, her sanity and her family Beth—her popular mysteries have become the only way she can fight against the secret tyranny of an abusive husband In the house on Olive Street, away from their troubles, the four women discover something marvelous: themselves. And along the way they realize a dream. For, in telling the story of a remarkable woman, their own lives begin to change.