Henry Carter Hull

Loviah "Lovie" French, a woman known for her taste and discretion, shares the confidence of Dinah Wainwright and Avis Metcalf, two women who have been on poor terms with one another since a minor incident from decades earlier, but their secrets will have a detrimental affect on all of their lives, especially when Dinah's son and Avis's daughter decide to marry.

Five women, octogenarian Rae Strouse, private investigator Carter Bond, mother and daughter Amy and Jill Burrows, and widow Laura Lopez experience a life-changing year after meeting at The Cloisters, a spa where clients are stripped of all social markers and forced to see one another for who they really are.