The Midwife's Confession

_Dear Anna,

What I have to tell you is difficult to write, but I know it will be far more

difficult for you to hear, and I'm so sorry—_

The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara and Emerson have to the reason

behind their close friend Noelle's suicide. Everything they knew about

Noelle—her calling as a midwife, her passion for causes, her love for her

friends and family—described a woman who _embraced_ life.

Yet there was so much they _didn't_ know.

With the discovery of the letter and its heartbreaking secret, Noelle's

friends begin to uncover the truth about this complex woman who touched each

of their lives - and the life of a desperate stranger - with love and

betrayal, compassion and deceit.