Season of Sisters

In SEASON OF SISTERS, New York Times bestselling author Geralyn Dawson weaves together a compelling tale of three very different Southern women whose chance meeting at a charity event teaches them the extraordinary power of friendship.

Twenty-something Holly Weeks attends the wedding gown sale only to appease her boyfriend. She knows what it means to be in love, but a deeply personal secret makes her determined to remain a Bride-Not-To-Be. Maggie Prescott finds herself abandoned in her empty nest, and after her husband fails to acknowledge their 25th anniversary, she questions their future together. She decides to donate her wedding gown to a good cause. Why would she hold on to either the man or the dress? Grace Hardeman, a volunteer at the sale, desires only to be enveloped in the warmth of her family as she celebrates her Golden Anniversary with the love of her life. Soon, however, she unwittingly adopts a new goal: survive.

Unwilling, unappreciated, and unprepared, these three women find themselves on the cusp of something special. Their unlikely friendship forges a bond of sisterhood, the last defense against a broken heart.

This is a full-length novel of approximately 100,000 words, originally published with the title THE PINK MAGNOLIA CLUB.

A Note from Geralyn:

Every author has a “book of her heart,” that one novel they know they were meant to write. SEASON OF SISTERS is mine.

When I attended my first charity wedding gown sale, I was struck by the symbolism of the event. In that room filled with wedding gowns, brides with their mothers, sisters, and friends searched for the perfect thing to wear on the most special day of their lives. They shopped racks of gowns donated by women willing to give up one of their most prized possessions to benefit another woman, one fighting the battle against the disease that every woman fears--breast cancer. It was a circle of life, a season of life, moment that touched me deeply. Because I am a writer and this is what writers do, I knew I wanted to explore those themes in a book, and SEASON OF SISTERS is that story.

I’ve volunteered at many gown sales since, and more than once I met a bride who had lost her mother to breast cancer. My donation of one dollar for every copy of SEASON OF SISTERS sold during Breast Cancer Awareness month to Project Pink, Inc.’s scholarship fund is my way recognizing all those moms who can’t be with their daughters on her wedding day. As mothers, daughters, and friends, we remember and we support. It’s a sisterhood thing.