The Necklace: Thirteen Women and The Experiment That Transformed Their Lives

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One dayin Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a beautiful diamond necklace in a jewelry store window and wondered: Why are personal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if we shared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, and one great leap of faith later, Jonell and twelve other women bought the necklace together–to be passed along among them all.

The dazzling treasure weaves in and out of each woman’s life, reflecting her past, defining her present, making promises for her future. Lending sparkle in surprising and unexpected ways, the necklace comes to mean something dramatically different to each of the thirteen women. With vastly dissimilar histories and lives, they transcend their individual personalities and politics to join together in an uncommon journey–and what started as a quirky social experiment becomes something far richer and deeper.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Publishing Group
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 25, 2009
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345500725
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345500724
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.19 x 0.58 x 8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #648,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #281 in Friendship (Books) #2,625 in Women’s Biographies #5,897 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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