The Emerald Necklace

Three months after her husband's death in 1969, Rosalee Linoff is determined to jump back into life.



She desperately wants to be accepted as a talented sculptor, but that requires she dig up the courage to submit her work again-and be judged. Her paralyzing insecurity mounts when she meets her new neighbor, bestselling author Fran Barish.



But Rosalee's joy with her children, especially her granddaughter, Jill, eats at Fran, a constant reminder of her childlessness. A spiral of mutual envy ens...