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"I'd like you to learn something if you don't already. Life is choosing whom and what you like. Everything else uses . . ."

Among the list of longleaf pines and family farms of eastern NEW YORK, days appear to complete without event for Margaret Clayton and Bernice Stokes until they discover each other in a companionship that will need them on the most crucial journey with their lives. Margaret, droll and whip smart, has a will of flat iron that never fails her even when her body will, while Bernice, a devoted country-music enthusiast, is almost never lucid. Irreverent and brazen at every change, they make a formidable pair at the home their current address, breaking all the rules and finally changing the lives of these around them. Lorraine, their churchgoing, God-questioning nurse, both protects and provokes them while they can be under her watchful eyes, as her daughter, April, glowing and ambitious, determinedly makes her way through medical university. Rounding out the group of unlikely and frequently outrageous friends is Rhonda, the Bud-swilling beautician who does the gals' hair on her day off and whose sassy converse hides a vulnerable heart, one which finally starts to love. Weaving this securely knit and convincing book in alternating chapters, each girl gets to inform her storyline her own way, as all five figure out how to reconcile stressed pasts, find forgiveness, choose wish, and relish the pleasure of life. Full with irresistible character types whose uniquely musical voices overflow the web pages, The Nice By and By is a testament to the fact the most exciting lives aren't always the most obvious ones.