Twenty years ago, Allie Denty was <i>the pretty one </i>and her best friend Olivia Pelham was <i>the smart one</i>. Throughout high school, they were inseparable ... until a vicious rumor about Olivia - a rumor too close to the truth - ended their friendship. <p></p>Now, on the eve of their twentieth high school reunion, Allie, a temp worker, finds herself suddenly single, a little chubby, and feeling old. Olivia, a cool and successful magazine beauty editor in New York, realizes she's lonely, and is finally ready to face her demons. <p></p>Sometimes hope lives in the future; sometimes it comes from the past; and sometimes, when every stupid thing goes wrong, it comes from a prettily packaged jar filled with scented cream and promises. <p></p>Beth Harbison has done it again. A hilarious and touching novel about friendship, Love's Baby Soft perfume, Watermelon Lip Smackers, bad run-ins with Sun-In, and the healing power of "Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific." <i>Hope in a Jar</i>: we all need it. <p></p>
