Sarah Chen has spent twelve years ghostwriting her husband's career and shrinking inside the marriage. At a Manhattan conference, she watches him deliver a standing ovation speech she wrote in its entirety, including phrases borrowed from her grandmother's Cantonese wisdom. Then a text from an old friend sends her to a service corridor where two other women are waiting: Jessica, a CEO being quietly erased from her own company, and Chloe, a litigation partner who missed her daughter's school play to sit in a parking garage.
Over warm prosecco and one worn deck of tarot cards, the three women build something none of them have had in years: a mutual aid pact with an activation signal and a twelve-hour response rule. Then they go back to their lives and almost lose it. Eight years, one divorce, and one betrayal later, the Protocol calls them back. This time Sarah is the one who has to answer.
A founding-sisterhood novel about authorship, erasure, and the difference between being saved and saving yourself.
Enjoyed this book? A short review on Amazon helps other readers find it and means more than you know.
Leave a Review