A glass of wine, a gossip and a good book - the Reading Group is born. Caught in the middle. Its members are as different as the books they read. But each woman bas secret hopes and fear - for a new lover; a straying husband; an ailing mother; a tearaway teenager - and each woman finds laughter and support in the groups monthly meetings. Happy ending. A warm, funny, touching novel about a group of women learning to read between the lines.