Until that moment I hadn-t realized how much I-d been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.

They met at a party.  It was hate at first sight.  Ruth was far too beautiful too flamboyant.  Not at all Ann-s kind of person.  Until a chance encounter in the bathroom led to an alliance of souls.  Soon they were sharing hankies during the late showing of Sophie-s Choice wolfing down sundaes sodden with whipped cream telling truths of marriage mortality and love secure in a kind of intimacy no man could ever know.  Only best friends understand devil-s food cake for breakfast when nothing else will do.  After years of shared secrets guilty pleasures family life and divorce they face a crisis that redefines the meaning of friendship and unconditional love.