The Secret Sisters
(Harper Collins 2006)
Now available in trade paperback online and in bookstores everywhere with additional "PS Section", including Reading Group Guide, backstory on the writing of the book, plus reading recommendations from Joni's brilliant real life sisters.
In the beginning, in the end, at the center of what felt like a storm-circled eye in the middle of Pia’s life, she stepped off the edge of the world and fell into widowhood as if it were a well.
A strong-minded wife and mother with a successful career, Pia finds herself suddenly widowed, bereft of her passion for her profession and for life itself. Her twin sons leave for college. Her brash, tough-talking sister, Lily, is in prison, paying an unimaginable price for one careless moment. And then there's Pia's annoyingly upright sister-in-law, Beth, who's stalwart faith has crumbled in the wake of a mother's worst nightmare. Haunted by memories, unsettled by the shifting definition of home, Pia feels the walls of her own life closing in around her.
Her reawakening begins with a chance meeting on an airplane. An adversary she used to despise becomes a lover she can’t live without. For a moment, it seems life is almost worth living again.
Almost.
In search of the path that will lead her back to herself, Pia stumbles on a hidden antiques shop and ventures inside. Like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole, she is drawn into a strangely sensual world. Dalphine, the store's exotic owner, opens the door to a whole new existence, one of swirling colors and chaotic feelings, of longing, desire, and a new lust for life.
Poignant, powerful, and surprisingly erotic, THE SECRET SISTERS tells the story of three women bound together by loss and set free by love.
"Believable...brilliant...beautifully written..." Armchair Reviews
"Honesty, humor, and fearlessness...illuminates the internal landscapes all women navigate." Houston Chronicle
"A page turner, full of surprises, insight, and spine-tingling erotica..." Helena Independent Record
"A rough gem of a narrative...Pia's tale has it all: death, danger, sexual discovery, and resurrection." Missoula Independent
"An emotional maelstrom worth getting wrapped up in." Easton Express-Times
"A modern tragedy...Rodgers wisely resists the temptation to whip up tidy endings, and her smart choices give The Secret Sisters the necessary measure of grit." Texas Monthly
"Rodgers' tale finds its full measure as a story of a woman who comes through the most painful losses with a renewed appreciation for life." Booklist
(Harper Collins 2006)
Now available in trade paperback online and in bookstores everywhere with additional "PS Section", including Reading Group Guide, backstory on the writing of the book, plus reading recommendations from Joni's brilliant real life sisters.
In the beginning, in the end, at the center of what felt like a storm-circled eye in the middle of Pia’s life, she stepped off the edge of the world and fell into widowhood as if it were a well.
A strong-minded wife and mother with a successful career, Pia finds herself suddenly widowed, bereft of her passion for her profession and for life itself. Her twin sons leave for college. Her brash, tough-talking sister, Lily, is in prison, paying an unimaginable price for one careless moment. And then there's Pia's annoyingly upright sister-in-law, Beth, who's stalwart faith has crumbled in the wake of a mother's worst nightmare. Haunted by memories, unsettled by the shifting definition of home, Pia feels the walls of her own life closing in around her.
Her reawakening begins with a chance meeting on an airplane. An adversary she used to despise becomes a lover she can’t live without. For a moment, it seems life is almost worth living again.
Almost.
In search of the path that will lead her back to herself, Pia stumbles on a hidden antiques shop and ventures inside. Like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole, she is drawn into a strangely sensual world. Dalphine, the store's exotic owner, opens the door to a whole new existence, one of swirling colors and chaotic feelings, of longing, desire, and a new lust for life.
Poignant, powerful, and surprisingly erotic, THE SECRET SISTERS tells the story of three women bound together by loss and set free by love.
"Believable...brilliant...beautifully written..." Armchair Reviews
"Honesty, humor, and fearlessness...illuminates the internal landscapes all women navigate." Houston Chronicle
"A page turner, full of surprises, insight, and spine-tingling erotica..." Helena Independent Record
"A rough gem of a narrative...Pia's tale has it all: death, danger, sexual discovery, and resurrection." Missoula Independent
"An emotional maelstrom worth getting wrapped up in." Easton Express-Times
"A modern tragedy...Rodgers wisely resists the temptation to whip up tidy endings, and her smart choices give The Secret Sisters the necessary measure of grit." Texas Monthly
"Rodgers' tale finds its full measure as a story of a woman who comes through the most painful losses with a renewed appreciation for life." Booklist
