From a young age, Stacy desperately tries to cover for unstable Nikki-a girl otherwise blessed with talent, intelligence, beauty and popularity-but ends up overweight and living in her younger sister's shadow. Stacy and Rikki Moore are troubled siblings in a well-to-do African-American family obsessed with appearances in A Quiet Storm, the debut novel from Rachel Howzell Hall. When Rikki's husband, Matt, mysteriously disappears, however, the Moore family's carefully constructed image comes crashing down. Ever since she was a teenager there were emotional breakdowns and obsessive behaviors - secrets that Stacy was left to bear alone. But the world didn't know about the storms that rippled just beneath the surface of Rikki's image of perfection. Stacy? She was just the overweight little sister who couldn't get her love life together.
Her students at 59th Street Elementary School adored her, the church matrons solicited her help on every committee, and everyone wanted the golden couple to put in an appearance at their parties. Smart, kind, and beautiful, it was no surprise when Rikki met and married the perfect man - pediatrician Matt Dresden.
Rikki Moore was always the star of the family, easily outshining her younger sister, Stacy, at every turn.
In this vividly written, suspense-driven novel, the secrets shared between two sisters erupt in tragedy.
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