The six Book sisters grow up in America between the 1960s and the present day. In this literary novel, each girl is shaped by the events unfolding around her and takes on a particular role in society: the alcoholic, the lesbian, the depressive, the writer, the materialist, and the religious. Kirkus Reviews calls the novel "...a succinct chronicle of American womanhood in the second half of the 20th century. A beautifully composed novel of individuality within sisterhood."