Two women, two countries. Serendipity, life, friendship. Diane, a young Australian mother, meets Maggie, a sophisticated American poet, in a chance encounter. Everything - age, class and even nationality - separates them. Yet all is not quite as it seems. Maggie is grieving for her eldest daughter and trapped in a marriage involving infidelity and rape. Diane yearns for the same opportunities given to her brother. Their lives draw them to connect. This is a story of two unfulfilled women finding each other when they needed it most. Their pen-friendship will change them forever. ------ "Moving and generous of spirit, Something Missing richly evokes the worlds and lives of two very different women, chronicling their friendship as it evolves over time." - Sophie Masson, author "A powerful and beautifully told story of how we grow through the power of friendship." - Wendy J. Dunn, author "Any woman who has experienced love and loss will identify with the powerful emotions Whitting evokes." - Cindy Vallar, author