In the vein of Meg Donohue and Jennifer Close, comes Cecilia Galante's
adult debut about the complicated and powerful bonds of female
friendship--a compelling, moving novel that is told in both the present
and the past.
Thrown together by chance as teenagers at Turning Winds Home for Girls,
Nora, Ozzie, Monica, and Grace quickly bond over their troubled pasts
and form their own family which they dub The Invisibles. But when
tragedy strikes after graduation, Nora is left to deal with the
horrifying aftermath alone as the other three girls leave home and don't
look back.
Fourteen years later, Nora is living a quiet, single life working in the
local library. She is content to focus on her collection of "first
lines" (her favorite opening lines from novels) and her dog, Alice
Walker, when out-of-the-blue Ozzie calls her on her thirty-second
birthday. But after all these years, Ozzie hasn't called her to wish a
happy birthday. Instead, she tells Nora that Grace attempted suicide and
is pleading for The Invisibles to convene again. Nora is torn: she is
thrilled at the thought of being in touch with her friends, and yet she
is hesitant at seeing these women after such a long and silent period of
time. Bolstered by her friends at the library, Nora joins The Invisibles
in Chicago for a reunion that sets off an extraordinary chain of events
that will change each of their lives forever.
The Invisibles is an unforgettable novel that asks the questions: How
much of our pasts define our present selves? And what does it take to
let go of some of our most painful wounds and move on?
