In this story set in 1950s Houston, we meet socialite Joan Fortier and her childhood friend Cece Buchanan. They share a deep and binding secret about the death of Cece’s mother, and their relationship takes on an obsessive quality, with Cece desperately needing to be the priority in Joan’s life. As Joan’s own search for self-worth leads to some irrevocable choices, it is Cece who must finally decide if their friendship is worth risking the destruction of everything else in her life.

Liza, Breakwater Books, Guilford