Gain

<p><b>''Penetrating and splendidly written... Dazzling'' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>In Lacewood, Illinois, Laura Bodey, a divorced mother of two and real estate agent, plunges into a new existence when she learns that she has cancer.<br><br>This same small town is home to Clare & Company, a soap manufacturer begun by three brothers in nineteenth-century Boston. Over the course of more than a century, it transforms into a powerful international corporation.<br><br>Clare & Company''s stunning growth reflects America''s kaleidoscopic history, yet for Laura and her family, this wild success has profound and lasting consequences.</p>