Jacqueline Friedland is een schrijfster wiens werk gevormd wordt door haar diverse ervaringen. Haar verkenning van complexe menselijke relaties en maatschappelijke structuren wordt verrijkt door haar achtergrond in recht en literatuur. Friedlands vertelstijl is zowel bedachtzaam als boeiend, en trekt lezers mee in ingewikkelde plots en meeslepende karakterstudies. Haar verhalen duiken vaak in thema's als rechtvaardigheid, moraliteit en de zoektocht naar betekenis in het hedendaagse leven.
Set in the 1840s, the story follows a young woman's journey from a British factory town to South Carolina, where she becomes entangled with a vigilante abolitionist and the Underground Railroad. Amidst the challenges of Charleston's high society, she grapples with her ideals and emotions, ultimately finding love while confronting the moral complexities of her time.
A young woman serves as a surrogate mother for a gay couple in hopes of changing her own life for the better-only to discover ten years later that she accidentally gave away her own biological child.
When a recently engaged Manhattanite learns that her first great love has been diagnosed with ALS, she is faced with the impossible decision of whether a few final months with her ex might be worth risking her entire future. A fast- paced emotional journey that explores whether it's possible to be equally in love with two men at once.
Set in the 1850s, The Stockwell Letters is based on the true story of a high- profile runaway slave and the bold women who dared to help him, even when it meant defying their husbands, male abolitionist leaders, and society at large.