Five Women

Five Women

<b>Five stories from five unforgettable characters, brought to life by an author the <i>Washington Post </i>hailed as “contemporary…rewarding…masterful.” </b><br /> <br />Five friends meet weekly at a restaurant called Yellowbird on New York’s Upper East Side, revealing the long-hidden secrets of their pasts and how each, in her fashion, has become a survivor beyond all expectations.<br /> <br />The women are Gara, a divorced psychologist and cancer survivor; Felicity, a beautiful attorney married to a rich but controlling man; Kathryn, who is haunted by the brutality of her parents’ marriage; Eve, an unabashedly narcissistic actress; and Billie, a former rock star, now owner of Yellowbird.<br /> <br />Told with Jaffe’s signature liveliness and uncanny understanding of female friendship, <i>Five Women </i>invites us to the table to hear stories both familiar and unthinkable, stories of struggle, heartbreak, survival and redemption.<br /> <br /><b>PRAISE FOR RONA JAFFE</b><br /> <br />“Reading Rona Jaffe is like being presented with a Cartier watch: you know exactly what you’re getting and it’s exactly what you want.”—<i>Cosmopolitan</i><br /> <br />“Vivid and trenchant…Wry and very readable…A minor genius.”—<i>New York Times</i> <i>Book Review</i><br /> <br />“Jaffe has not lost her wit, her keen eye for human frailties and her ear for the small but telling remark.”—<i>Publishers Weekly</i>