In 1987, Pauline Vickers and her friends, who call themselves the Alphas, graduate from law school, and forge diverse legal careers-Pauline joining the Army as a Judge Advocate. But they never lose touch, or sight of the complexity within life's many challenges. For twenty years, the Alphas gather for annual weekend retreats where they navigate heartaches, tangled love triangles, hurtful secrets, and career highs and lows-testing and transforming the bonds of sisterhood.