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Title:

Saving Graces, The
 

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Genres:

Romance
Contemporary

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1999-07-01 HarperCollins  

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Blurb: 
For ten years, Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped them deal with husbands, lovers, careers, children, the ebb and flow of expectations and disappointments common to us all. Calling themselves the Saving Graces, the quartet is united by understanding, honesty, and acceptance, an ephemeral connection that has grown stronger as the years go by.

Emma, a sharp-tongued, soft-hearted skeptic, doesn't believe in love, until she meets the one man she can't have. For her, the Saving Graces are fall-breakers extraordinaire. She believes that "bad news doesn't hurt as much if you hear it in good company".

A beauty with an extraordinary gift for love and a shaky, dysfunctional past, Rudy is desperately trying to hold on to her deeply troubled marriage. She's not sure where she'd be without the Saving Graces. "I don't know why my friends bother with me. I'm so high-maintenance. I would run if I saw me coming. But they're always so patient and supportive".

Lee, whom they all are sure is "the normal one", longs for a baby. But her overwhelming desire for motherhood threatens to destroy an idyllic marriage. The Saving Graces are the sounding board on which she unburdens her hopes and fears.

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. Hers is the guiding insight that propels and grounds the Saving Graces.

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 astounding proportions that will put their love, loyalty, and courage to the ultimate test.