How close we come
By: Susan S. Kelly.
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Female friendship -- Fiction.; Custody of children -- Fiction.; Women -- Fiction.
Description: For ten years, Pril Henderson and Ruth Campbell have been ideal wives and mothers. They have also been closer than sisters - inseparable companions and next-door neighbors whose children are also best friends. In their world, neither need knock before entering, and shared secrets are kept from everyone - including husbands. In each woman's eyes the other is reflected not as a wife or mother, but as a unique individual full of possibility.

Then, without warning, Ruth leaves on vacation with her children and never returns, nor does she call her best friend to explain. Pril is left hurt, angry, and lonely. Worse, Ruth's husband soon names Pril as his witness in custody proceedings, forcing her to make a terrible choice. Does she testify against her closest friend? Or does she side with this woman she loves but who has inexplicably shattered her family?