A literary look into the dynamics of female friendships and acquaintances in academia and the baggage, wreckage, and intimacy that invariably infiltrates these relationships over the years.--Ruthie Jones, Lone Star Literary Life
Description
Best friends Bettina, Miriam, and Fiona are shocked when their dean of liberal studies dies in a single-car accident amid accusations of mishandling university funds. They suspect murder, especially after learning that the dean’s estranged wife will inherit three million dollars. Events take a surprising turn when they travel from Austin, Texas, to a Chautauqua performance in Silver City, New Mexico, where they join several others, some with questionable motives, including the dean’s wife and her lover. In the close confines of the lodge, the group brings to life remarkable women from history—including Victoria Woodhull, Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Virginia Woolf. But when one woman is kidnapped and another disappears, the friends’ lives are forever changed as they realize that the masks we wear often hide chilling truths.
Reviews
Extended discussions of feminism, academic shenanigans, and the lives of women who left their mark on literature. English majors will best appreciate this one.--Publishers Weekly
Extended discussions of feminism, academic shenanigans, and the lives of women who left their mark on literature. English majors will best appreciate this one.--Publishers Weekly
This is a novel that will captivate you on many levels: an intriguing mystery in which lives are at stake, the story of a group of wonderfully devoted friends, and a study of the difficulties in deciphering our own and other people's realities. A book to savor and return to.--Kathleen Hill, author of She Read to Us in the Late Afternoons: A Life in Novels
