Friendship has been called a well-worn path between two homes. But for these seven women, it's a divinely routed roadmap to a small Southern town, where hearts intersect and will never again uncross, come what may.

Real life, with its greatest hurts and grandest dreams, is the basis for their story as told in A Fall Together, the first book in a new fiction series from actress Jennifer O'Neill. Varied in age, ethnicity, background, and economic status, these characters are united by their spiritual crossroads and the determination to face their personal issues with brave hope.

In this opening season, they will laugh, cry, and pray together over a breast cancer diagnosis, a troubled ex-husband, struggling teenage children, and other major matters of the heart. It's a time of coming together, when so much around them is falling apart.