Journal Entry 1 by gypsyrose02 from Byford, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, November 24, 2007

big trade paperback

Clio, Jocasta, and Martha, three college students on a backpacking holiday to Thailand, bond as only young women in an unfamiliar environment can: immediately, passionately, and with earnest intentions of adhering to their starry-eyed pledge of eternal friendship. Life, however, gets in the way. Some 15 years go by before the threesome--now a respected physician, tabloid journalist, and powerful attorney--are reunited. The catalyst is Kate, the adopted daughter of a staid, middle-class family who is determined to locate the woman who abandoned her after giving birth in a deserted corner of Heathrow Airport the same month Clio, Jocasta, and Martha returned from their Asian escapade. Vincenzi leaves no doubt that one of the three is Kate's mother, but cunningly leads both the reader and Kate on a merry chase as she weaves the trio's tumultuous lives into a captivating tapestry of failed marriages, unrequited love affairs, and political and professional subterfuge. The result is an absorbing tale rich in seductive intrigue and emotional impact.