Barbara Delinsky's forthcoming novel While My Sister Sleeps won't be available to the general public until February 2009.  Barbara is providing a prepublication autographed copy so YOU can be the very first to read what's sure to be a bestseller.

This exclusive offer will be offered only at the Gala in the Silent Auction.  Also included in this package is an autographed copy of Barbara's latest bestseller The Secret Between Us.

BARBARA DELINSKY is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty million copies of her books in print.  Barbara is honorary Gala co-chair and lives right here in Needham.

To pique your interest, here is the Amazon book description of While My Sister Sleeps:

"Molly and Robin Snow are sisters in the prime of their lives. So when Molly learns that Robin—an Olympic athlete and the favorite child—has suffered a massive heart attack, the news couldn’t be more shocking. At the hospital, the Snow family receives a grim prognosis: Robin may never regain consciousness.

Feelings of guilt and jealousy flare up as Robin’s family struggles to cope and their relationships are put to the ultimate test. It’s up to Molly to make the tough decisions, and she soon makes discoveries that destroy some of her most cherished beliefs about the sister she thought she knew.

Once again Delinsky brings us a masterful family portrait, filled with thought-provoking ideas about the nature of life itself, how emotions affect the decisions we make, and how letting go can be the hardest thing to do and the greatest expression of love all at the same time."