Together Alone

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves a stunning, intricate, and beautiful tapestry of life, love, and acceptance, first published in 1995. With their daughters off to college, the time has come for forever best friends Emily, Kay, and Celeste to redefine themselves as women. Once half of a perfect marriage -- still suffering from a terrible loss -- Emily hardly knows her workaholic husband, Doug, anymore, and is drawn instead to what is offered by a new neighbor. A dedicated teacher who loves her job, Kay is confused and troubled by husband John's unfamiliar demands. And Celeste, long-divorced and ecstatic with freedom, sees her electric new life dimmed when her child is endangered. The precious secrets, desires, and needs they've hidden for years can be denied no longer. But first, three women must learn the hardest lesson of all: how to love themselves. ** Fiction,General New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves a stunning and intricate tapestry of life, love, and acceptance. With their daughters off to college, the time has come for forever best friends Emily, Kay, and Celeste to redefine themselves as women. Once half of a perfect marriagestill suffering from a terrible lossEmily hardly knows her workaholic husband, Doug, anymore, and is drawn instead to what is offered by a new neighbor. A dedicated teacher who loves her job, Kay is confused and troubled by husband John's unfamiliar demands. And Celeste, long-divorced and ecstatic with freedom, sees her electric new life dimmed when her child is endangered. As the three friends struggle to navigate this uncharted territory, they find themselves redefining their dreams, desires, and what it meansto each of themto be a woman. But before they can bring about change, they must learn the hardest lesson of all: how to love themselves. With their three daughters off to their freshman year of college, Emily, Kay, and Celeste each deal with their new-found freedom in a different way. Kay continues her teaching; Celeste decides to explore new male relationships; and Emily tries to revive her failing marriage. However, a near fatal accident involving her husband changes Kay's life. Celeste's new love interest is not what he appears, and Emily uncovers the truth about her husband's lost interest in their marriage, while at the same time is drawn to a recent widower who has rented the apartment above her garage. All three grow and change during this year of turmoil but remain friends as their lives take on new directions Her daughter grown up, her husband always working late, Emily Arkin spends evenings alone with memories of her infant son, kidnaped and never found. When the police chief brings a widowed detective looking for a garage, Emily rents hers. They fall in love and learn the husband has had another woman for eight years. Next, the detective digs under a neighbor's tree to find the body of the infant son

Emily, Kay and Celeste have been best friends forever. Their daughters are close, too, but all the girls are off to college now, and the mothers must redefine themselves as women.