Here is an authentic, high!y-charged novel of

three generations of doctors, their wives, their

lovers, living through a tumultuous year of crises

and upheavals-personal and professional-by

the author of Certain Rich Girls.

With the construction of a new hospital wing,

a quiet community is rocked to its foundations as

old values clash with new, throwing hidden

rivalries into the open and pitting against one

another three members of the most demanding

profession, their wives, and woul-be wives.

Three woinen--each knowing what power is,

each demanding it in her own way:

Karen: A down-to-earth beauty from a New

York socialite family, she needs to shake off an

old love affair to build a future with a young

doctor who thinks his life is his profession.

Silvie: Drivingly ambitious, she would not-and

does not-hesitate to use anything or anyone in

her relentless push to the top.

Maureen: Married to the chief-of-staff, she has

been the perfect doctor s wife for more than

twenty years.., until she confronts the cruel

threat of losing it all.

Their tempestuous lives are vividly woven