SummaryWhen tragedy occurs, four friends come together in a
bittersweet reunion and are forced to confront the
falsehoods and also embrace the truth in their lives.
On college graduation day, Grace and her friends—Liz,
Tess, and Lovey—agreed to keep a journal that would
make the rounds. They vowed to always be truthful.
For three decades, the journal has been circulating,
carrying stories of Liz's missions against social
injustices, Tess's successful career and home life, and
Lovey's fairy-tale marriage to a former pro football
player-turned-executive.
As for Grace, she never intends to deceive her seemingly
content friends. She can't bear to admit how her life has
spiraled downward and the dismal realities she faces
everyday. So at first, she simply embellishes the truth,
omitting a few details from her entries. But over the years,
one exaggeration leads to another until most of the life she
has written is fiction.
Now Grace is extremely ill. Alone and desolate with nothing
to lose, she reaches out to her friends. Reunited, they help
her face the battle of her life while embarking on the most
important struggle of their own lives—the fight for
honesty and friendship.
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