The time is the late 1970s. The place is the windswept heartland of America. The woman is Tully-- defiant young rebel with an agonizing secret, devoted friend faced with a shattering betrayal, impassioned lover haunted by a man whose touch is more powerful than all her pain.

But in the years to come, beyond the torments and marvels of adolescence, into a world where men will vie for her and lie to her, Tully will dare to win everything, and risk losing it all, in one raw, reckless gamble of the heart.

From Paullina Simons comes an astonishing novel about passion and loss, love and revelation; about friendship that endures through lifetimes, and even beyond death; and about one unforgettable woman named Tully, struggling to make sense of it all.

* "What a lovely and resonant evocation of that first great bond between women-- it's deeply moving."--Anne Rivers Siddons
* "A big, ambitious book whose characters stick in the reader's mind."--San Francisco Chronicle
* "Reads fast, like a sudden surge of wind over the plains, and the book's momentum builds to tornado force."--USA Today

Author Biography

Paullina Simons was born in Leningrad and emigrated to the United States in 1973. She lives close to New York with her husband and four children. Go to her website, paullinasimons.com, to find out more about her bestselling novels.