Chris Cander

A Gracious Neighbor Chris Cander

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of a Piano.

Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only her clumsiness at penetrating the social circles of her neighbors werent making Martha so lonely.

Thats why shes thrilled when the glamorous Minnie Foster, a former high school classmate, moves in next door. Despite Marthas determination, picking up where they left off is trickier than anticipatedespecially when their memories of the past dont always align. But Martha is undeterred. In fact, her preoccupation with Minnies life, her success, and her marriage is becoming an obsession. When she sees a darkness and shame hiding inside Minnies perfectly deceptive home, Martha realizes that not even Minnies secrets are what they seem.

Visceral, sharp-witted, and deeply empathetic, A Gracious Neighbor explores the judgments women pass on one another and the ills of a society curated to keep them on the outside looking in.