That's what the four women in the In Accord Book Club do. The trials and tribulations they endure in the course of the story lead to four endings of the book-within-a-book, Mariner's Cover, as different as the women who are writing them.
Hannah is a principal who helped write the school district's zero tolerence policy on drinking, and who now has to drive 600 miles to pick up her teenage daughter who got caught drinking on a field trip. She has a couple of other issues, too, one of which is major and life-changing.
Julie is divorced and is working on lifelong self-esteem issues, while trying to decide if she's ready to get into the dating scene again.
Maggie is a cancer survivor who has a secret that will threaten to ruin her marriage to an assistant district attorney.
Ellen is a social worker who is starting to see her husband for what he really is, but may get a second chance at love.
One of the reasons I like this book so much is that it's set in Buffalo so all the places and cultural references make it feel so real. Maybe that's why I like the characters so much: They could be people I really know from Buffalo. Mariner's Cove is set in Chautauqua County, which is cool too.
One of the pleasures in my life is getting a book in the mail that I didn't expect and having that book turn out to be something I really enjoyed. I looked forward to setting up an interview with Kristin Chambers very soon.
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