Weiner, Jennifer

Suburban wife and mother Kate Klein learns the secrets that lie behind the postcard-perfect facade of Upchurch, Connecticut, and gains insights into her own life, when she launches an unofficial investigation into the murder of a fellow mom.

The lives of four women intersect in a miraculous way when India Bishop, having married and then fallen in love with a wealthy older man, decides to cement their relationship with a baby, despite the disapproval of his grown daughter Bettina, and turns to Princeton student and egg donor Jules Strauss, and surrogate mother Annie Barrow, for help.

Presents a novel that centers around four new mothers, all of whom must adjust their lives, careers, and marriages to deal with the challenges of raising children.

The lives of plump, straitlaced, thirty-year-old attorney Rose Feller and her gorgeous, fun-loving, but scattered younger sister, Maggie, change when Maggie comes to live with Rose after yet another eviction.

After she opens her front door Addie Downs is amazed to see her estranged friend Valerie Adler with a bloody sleeve on her jacket. Suddenly Valerie explains to Addie that she is the only friend who can help her during a horrible crisis.

Addie Downs and Valerie Adler, who were best friends in grade school but grew apart when they became teens and are now in their thirties, find their relationship evolving once again when Valerie shows up at Addie's house with blood-stained sleeves and says Addie is the only person who can help her.