Friendship

Friendship blooms in this novel from the very first page. Faith is a lonely transplant from the south, unused to the snow blowing outside her door. When Faith sees a group of what appears to be teenagers having a snowball fight outside her house, she rushes out to yell at them, only to be invited to join in. The group of teenagers turns out to be a group of housewives blowing off steam. Faith joins in and discovers there is nothing more exhilarating than a spontaneous snowball fight. Afterward the ladies retire to Faith's living room where their conversation, a sort of getting-to-know-you dialogue, reveals the love of books each of these women share. At that moment the Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons book club is born.

The first few meetings are simply meetings to discuss a book. However, it is not long before these women begin to...