They would always be a family, but if she'd learned anything in the past few weeks it was that a family wasn't a static thing. There were always changes going on. Like with continents, sometimes the changes were invisible and underground, and sometimes they were explosive and deadly. The trick was to keep your balance. You couldn't control the direction of your family any more than you could stop the continental shelf from breaking apart. All you could do was hold on for the ride.

Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.

The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives.

I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

Nina knew the power of black and white images. Sometimes a thing was its truest self when the colors were stripped away.

Books + friendship = book club

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.