Blood Sisters

The overgrown hedge starts it all, the friendship, the Koffee Klatches, the white wine, and the sharing of secrets that lead to a friendship that carries the two women safely through the bad places in their lives:  the damaged children, the damaged men who came back from two wars, the threat of a bad mistake made long before, and the deadly illness that appears unexpectedly over a cup of coffee. The women's friendship becomes as strong as those tough laurel hedge branches that had been part of their first project together. 
 
Veterans bring their families to Holgate Farms in order to begin again, except that they aren't sure where to start:  the nightmares? the alcoholism? the anger? the depression? In l970 they still call it battle fatigue.  Their wives call it Hell.
Eleanor and Patsy persevere, connecting their homes and lives through a hole in the hedge.

This is a story of women's strength in adversity––not alone, but with a good friend who is going through a lot, too. Let's have a glass of white wine, they say, and let’s talk. Maybe together we can do something about it.