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The Strength of Us
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781067848118
Publisher: Rose SIMMs
Published: Jul 9 2026
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
The house has never been this quiet.
Megan Parker's kids are grown and gone. Her husband's busy. Her days are measured in other people's vacation bookings. She's fine - or she was, until a coffee with an old friend turned into a backyard party, then a Friday night tradition, then a circle of women no one planned but everyone needed.
Nine women. Nine lives. One unbreakable thread.
Megan - the gatherer. An empty-nester who books dream trips for strangers and sits in her car an extra minute before walking into her own quiet house.
Sarah - the steady one. She's always early, always watching, and always the first to ask the question no one else will. Hannah - the guarded one. Divorced, returned from out west, carrying something unfinished she isn't ready to name. Dani - the direct one. She walks in steadily, speaks without pretence, and doesn't do small talk unless she means it. Jenna - She arrives without hesitation and reads a room before anyone notices she's in it.
Karen - The perceptive one. The quiet one. Careful, grateful, holding more weight than she'll ever say out loud.
Brooke - Karen's daughter. Confident, tired, real - and the first one through the gate.
Joan - the neighbour. She's been alone longer than she'll admit, watching from the edges, not yet sure she belongs. Laura - the bold one. She steps into every room like she owns the air around her - except at home, where she can barely get a word in.
What starts as a Friday night with drinks becomes a lifeline none of them expected. And when Megan suggests they take it somewhere warm - together - every yes carries more weight than a plane ticket.
Because the thing about women like these is - they don't just show up once. They stay.
The Strength of Us is a warm, emotionally rich novel about the friendships that don't announce themselves - built in kitchens, over too much tequila, between women who weren't looking for anything and found everything.
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