[bookshare-discuss] Just submitted

  • From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:02:35 -0600

Circle of Grace by Penelope J. Stokes has just been submitted. It was given a 
99.75 rating. I stripped headers, removed junk characters, and protected page 
breaks. If you have questions, contact:
solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx

Here is the synopsis:
Thirty years ago, Grace and her roommates-Liz, Tess, and Lovey-made a solemn 
vow. to hold on to their friendship, to support one another, to keep in touch 
through a circle journal that would make the rounds among them. And they 
promised always to tell one another

the truth.

For three decades that journal has been circulating, carrying stories of Liz's 
social justice activism in Atlanta and D.C.; of Tess's fulfilling career and 
perfect home life; of Lovey's dream marriage to a wealthy and powerful former 
pro football player.

But what is Grace to say? Her friends seem so happy and successful. She can't 
bear to tell them how her life has spiraled downward since college, and she 
can't bring herself to be honest about the dismal realities and bitter memories 
she faces every day.

She never intends to deceive them-not initially, anyway. She simply embellishes 
the truth a little, presents her life as a bit more respectable than it really 
is. But over the years one exaggeration leads to another, and the fiction grows 
.. .

Until she discovers that she's going to die.

Alone and desolate and with little left to lose, Grace determines to take the 
risk of a lifetime, to reach out to Liz and Tess and Lovey again. And when they 
reunite, her final battle becomes their struggle as well-a quest for trust, 
honesty, and enduring emotional connection.



Shannon

Women will starve in silence until new stories are created which confer on them 
the power of naming themselves.

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