The Silence of Friends

Some friendships are forged in glamour. Others are forged in secrets.New York City, 1963. Hannah is a hotel hostess trying to prove she belongs. Leah is a society wife trapped behind a marriage that looks perfect from the outside. Rebecca has climbed into high society on borrowed wings -- and is desperate to hold on. Three women, three different worlds, brought together by God's hand at the Astoria Regent Hotel. What begins as an unlikely friendship becomes a lifeline. As they open up about the pain hidden behind their polished exteriors, they find the courage to challenge the roles society has handed them -- and to build something of their own: a refuge for women who need one just as badly as they do. But friendship built on shared survival is also built on shared silence. And some secrets -- including the truth about what really happened to Gerry -- are buried so deep that even forty-two years and a joyful reunion can't fully bring them to light. The Silence of Friends is a heartfelt, faith-filled story about the bonds that hold women together when everything else threatens to tear them apart -- and the quiet, complicated cost of loyalty. If you believe friendship is one of God's greatest gifts, this is a story you won't want to put down.

-- Susan Tigert