It Was Always This Way

Friendship, loyalty, and years of hidden betrayals that threaten to tear everything apart.Stay-at-home mom Julia Herrick is struggling to keep her sanity intact in a world dominated by the babble of tiny humans. Her marriage is full of passion, her family is full of love, but there's still something missing without a best friend and confidante by her side through it all. As if on cue, enter outgoing, career-driven Lindsay Moore who moves in next door and perfectly fills the small void in Julia's life. Within weeks the two women, and their families, are inseparable for the better part of a decade.Until one fateful day when everyone, including Lindsay's husband, is shocked when Lindsay announces a life-altering decision to move the Moore family several states away in a week's time. As the families quickly work to untangle themselves and their lives from each other, Julia is left to sort through the aftermath. But the more Julia uncovers in her efforts to understand Lindsay's decision, the more she questions how well she ever knew the family living next door.