A provocative and captivating novel about two women shw must finally face the tensions that have threatened their friendship from its girlhood start: envy, a penchant for drama, loneliness, and insecurity. Mattie believes that her friend Jane has the "whole life": a great husband, promising children, a thriving career, and now the affluence that comes with inheriting a home on Miramar Beach near Santa Barbara. Then, early one morning, while her husband is still asleep, Jane simply drives away, , abandoning her whole life to Mattie - who might well choose to make it her own.
