About the Characters

Ruby and Claire are two best friends "of a certain age", (a description some women use for old enough to be going through menopause). Though unrelated, they are as close as any biological sisters could be.

Ruby is divorced, since her husband decided to abandon her after decades of marriage. Claire is widowed after as many years of marriage with her husband.

Setting

They are neighbors in the small coastal town of Sea Spray, North Carolina, just a ferry ride away from the beach.

Background

Ruby loves her low-paying job in a local bookstore. Claire went back to school and started her own successful realty company after her husband died.

The Plot

They are living a quiet, small-town existence, until Ruby has to fight a health battle, and her ex-husband decides to come back into Ruby's life amidst it all.

Claire is Ruby's lifeline, as Ruby trudges her way through both personal storms that are disrupting her peaceful reality, proving that she is stronger than she ever imagined.