Circle of Grace

How do you go on living when your whole life has been one big lie?Once, a long time ago, Grace Benedict had friends. Good friends. In college she and her roommates Tess, Lovey, and Liz, had been inseparable. And even though life has taken them in different directions, they've stayed in touch. For thirty years they've kept a circle journal, sharing with one another the ups and downs of their lives, their celebrations and victories, their struggles and heartaches.Grace's life hasn't been easy. And now, as she faces a diagnosis of cancer that shakes her to the core, she needs her friends more than ever.There's just one problem. Grace has been lying to them. For thirty years, she's been fabricating a life, creating a fiction of the way she wished things would be. Love, success, family, fulfillment - she's had it all. In her imagination, anyway. If she's ever going to reclaim those friendships, she needs to tell the truth. About herself, about her needs, about the sadness and unfulfilled longing that has marked her life. She's running out of time. Telling the truth just might change everything. But can she find the courage? And more importantly, can she unravel her true self from the tangled web of deception that has held her captive?