A Novel

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At weekly nights, five women gather around a cluttered dining table for one thing: poker. But the stakes have nothing to do with chips.

But beneath the chips and laughter lie stories of grief, grit, and second chances. What begins as a game becomes a lifeline, where secrets surface, friendships deepen, and healing happens one hand at a time 

What starts as a weekly distraction becomes something else: a lifeline. Over food, stories and shuffled cards, these women slowly let their secrets surface—one hand, one heartbreak, one hesitant truth at a time.

Some are folding. Some are bluffing. But a few are about to go all in.