From the bestselling author duo Donna Grant and Virginia DeBerry comes
Far from the Tree, a poignant story of two very different sisters who
grapple with sisterhood, family secrets, and the ties that bind them.
Celeste English and Ronnie Frazier are sisters, but they couldn't be
more different. Celeste is a doctor's wife, living a perfect and elegant
life. But secretly, she is terrified: her marriage is falling apart and
her need to control the people around her threatens to alienate her
entire family. And Celeste allows no one to see how vulnerable she
really is. Ronnie is an actress, living in New York. Her life, however,
is a lie: she has no money, has no home, and her life is held together
by "chewing gum, paper clips, and spit," though she wants everyone to
think that her life is one of high glamour and budding fame. When their
father dies, the sisters inherit a house in Prosper, North Carolina.
Their mother, Della, is adamant that they forget about going there and
dredging up the past.
Because Della has secrets she'd rather not see come to light--secrets
and heartbreak she's kept from everyone for years. Neither Ronnie,
Celeste, nor Della realize just what their trip to Prosper will uncover
and they must discover for themselves who they really are, who they
really love, and what the future holds for them.
Far From The Tree is a novel that asks the questions: can the past
ever truly remain hidden? Can mothers and daughters put aside their
usual roles long enough to get to really know each other? Long enough to
see they each have felt the love, loss, heartache, and joy that they
share as women? And can two strangers realize that they are, and always
will be, sisters?
