Kaleidoscope

Strong writing and fine characterizations make this first novel <I>Kaleidoscope</I> a great pick for a winter read by the fire or a summer read on the back porch. Gretchen Stone is a writer to keep your eye on!-Ellen Hart Author of the Jane Lawless Mysteries</p><p>Appealing characters-well executed. A unique story line makes this acompelling page-turner.- Fran Blatnik Co-founder Detroit Women's Book Club 1994</p><p>Enjoyed.Down-to-earth sincere prose.-Elizabeth Sims Author of the Lillian Byrd Crime Series</p><p>In 1950s Detroit six-year-old Mimi Siegel and eight-year-old Barbara Jane Brown become fast friends when the Brown family arrives in the Motor City from Missouri. For years the girls are inseparable; but the friendship changes when Mimi marries Barbara's brother RJ. When RJ goes to Vietnam soon after the wedding Mimi turns to Barbara for consolation-and gets more than she could have imagined.</p><p>Their resulting torrid affair abruptly ends when RJ is killed in action. Barbara's guilt leads her to enlist as a nurse in the U.S. Army and the ensuing years are filled with remorse for both women.</p><p>When Mimi and Barbara Jane meet again years later they discover that their childhood bonds of loyalty are still intact. But a dangerous chain of events is set into motion when they rekindle their romance and their community is rocked when an innocent woman is murdered.</p>