The Happy Party of Honorable Women - Paperback

by Cate Quintara (Author)

From WATER STREET PRESSJill's daughter is getting married. The two women with whom Jill has been best friends since they were little girls-Deanie, a successful novelist, and Trick, who struggles with bipolar disorder-arrive to help celebrate the happy event. The bride, however, has a bigger role than 'wedding guest' in mind for them all-she has decided she will make up her wedding party by honoring the women who raised and nurtured her.Throughout the week of pre-nuptial parties, Jill and Deanie and Trick relive the events that have shaped their lifelong friendship-their marriages and relationships, the births and losses of their children, the tragedies and joys that have forged their bond. The women discover the true depths of this bond-and how the wish of one unconventional young bride has transformed them all.Cate Quintara invites you to be a guest at a unique and wonderful wedding, and to celebrate a jubilant life milestone-one made possible only because of the lifetimes of ordinary, every day love that have preceded it.

Author Biography

Cate Quintara has been a mom, a homemaker, a high school English teacher, a community volunteer, and the joyful caretaker of lifelong friendships with the women who inspired this book. She has always wanted to be a writer and, at 52, having lived a life rich with the extraordinary stories of "ordinary" people, she has a wealth of material on which to draw. The Happy Party of Honorable Women is her first novel.