In this delightful first novel in the new trilogy
The Company of Good Women, three women from diverse
backgrounds and lifestyles are drawn together at a Brigham
Young University Education Week through a sharing of problems
and a Guilty Secret. Juneau, named after the city in which she
was born, hope what she learns will help her to re-center her
life. Erin, a recent convert to the Church, is looking for the
key to being a good Mormon. And Willadene, a dedicated
homemaker, attends for not much more reason than finding a new
recipe for homemade yogurt.
What each woman finds
instead is a unique bond and the beginning of an enduring
friendship that inspires and sustains her through many
challenges. This entertaining novel captures the joys and
occasional perils for friendship as it explores important
relationships in a woman’s
life.
This
engrossing second novel in the trilogy The Company of Good Women
shows Juneau, Deenie, and Erin facing the repercussions of
secrets kept and secrets revealed. Juneau's life is
complicated by her success as a writer and the consequences of
a wayward daughter's choices. Willadene struggles to regain
her footing after the birth of a fussy baby and to keep her
older children from going astray. And Erin fights to hold her
young family together when her husband makes a startling
revelation. Old friends pass away, new people enter their
lives, and the friendship begun in Almost Sisters matures
as these remarkable women seek support from one another and
continue their quest to become Crusty Old Broads
(COBs).