Jenny, Maggie, and Alison meet at a car boot sale when they discover a vintage tea set that each wants to purchase. Jenny is getting married to Dan and plans an economy tea-party-themed wedding for which the set will be perfect. Maggie is a florist who needs the set for a wedding she is decorating, and Alison creates and sells handicrafts, including beautiful candles in antique cups. The three decide to share the set, passing it from Jennie to Maggie and finally to Alison, who will fill the cups with candles and sell them. Of course the three women, ranging in age from 26 to forty-ish, form a fast friendship and spend time together searching for additional cups. Jenny is on a budget and still suffering from her mother's abandonment of the family, including her younger brother, Chris, who was born with spina bifida. Alison and her husband, Pete, are struggling financially after Pete's job loss, and Maggie, divorced for several years, suddenly finds herself rekindling her relationship with Dylan, the ex-husband who left her for greener pastures.
Greene has created a simple, lovely story of friendship and grappling with life's relationships and disappointments. I was sorry to reach the last page.
Greene has created a simple, lovely story of friendship and grappling with life's relationships and disappointments. I was sorry to reach the last page.
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