Author Description

Sonja West, the rural school teacher from Bovine, Minnesota, takes stock of her life on the train ride back from her father's funeral in Philadelphia. She decides the friendships developed over a span of four decades offset the cultural advantages of a large city. Thelma, Mildred, Earl--they all need her help in various ways. As friendships intensify, a wedge comes between Sonja and Mildred. How will she decide if she can maintain three intimate relationships and whose friendship will be sacrificed?