As they navigate midlife in Manhattan, 50-somethings Kaye, Barbara and Ellen are not shrinking violets: Kaye, her children grown, is having an affair; Barbara, widowed with an empty nest, writes erotic novels under a pen name; and Ellen, whose husband has left their childless marriage, must watch him start a new family with a much younger woman—while bearing a secret.... Schieber (Willing Spirits) never falls back on easy answers or convenient outcomes; with patience and sensitivity, she illuminates the three women's choices and their friendship.

-- Publisher’s Weekly

• Jodi Picoult praised Phyllis Schieber's debut novel, Willing Spirits, as "beautifully written, full of wit and wisdom and heart." Now Phyllis Schieber offers another candid and poignant tale of women, their deepest longings and their most profound secrets. . .
   

Phyllis Schieber gets into the hearts and minds of her wonderfully rich and well rounded characters in a story that touches the readers hearts and minds. Smart fiction that makes you think... what could be better?

- M.J. Rose - Author of The Reincarnationist

The Sinner's Guide to Confession is an absorbing read in its breezy study of friendship, family and couple relationships. The novel revolves around the lives and secrets of three women friends - their loves, hopes, trials and ultimate resolution of quandaries. In a fast paced revelation of complicated real life, each friend’s secret becomes an admission leading to "confession."  A real page-turner. 

Helen Barolini, author of Umbertina