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In the summer of 1932, Americans are coming to realize that the financial crash of 1929 was only the beginning of hard times. May Marshall has returned from Paris to settle at her family home in rural Keswick, Virginia. She struggles to keep her family farm and market afloat through the economic downturn. May finds herself juggling her marriage with a tempting opportunity to revamp the family business to adapt to changing times.

In 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their parents, they go to battle for their futures. Moira, of Scottish descent, dreams of being an actress. Ann yearns for the education her Jewish immigrant parents provided for her brother, but not for her. Japanese American Wanda experiences firsthand the racial injustices running rampant in the United States.

At thirty-nine, Leona Accorsi is broke, single, back in school, and living in her sister Carly's basement. She's perfectly content being quirky Auntie Lee to Carly's four children. That is, until Leona's doctor tells her that if she wants to have a child, she'd better do it now. Leona does want a baby. She always has, but the circumstances have never been right. Now she has a huge decision to make: face motherhood on her own or risk missing out on its rewards.

Eben erst voller Hoffnungen nach London umgezogen, steht Anni plötzlich vor den Scherben ihrer einst perfekten Beziehung. Zum Glück gibt es ihre Freundin Emily, nie um einen guten Rat verlegen, und den ziemlich attraktiven und überaus charmanten Ben, die ihr wieder auf die Beine helfen. Und dann taucht auch noch Marc auf mit seiner verrückten Wette, dass sie beide sich innerhalb eines Jahres neu verlieben werden, und seinen skurrilen Nicht-Dates, auf denen sie potenzielle neue Partner kennenlernen sollen.

A lonely young woman gets too close to her charismatic female student in this propulsive debut, culminating in a dangerously debauched Midsommar’s Eve. LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD “Memorable and meaningful...