Critical Praise

"An absorbing and completely captivating story of an upper class girl growing up into the Second World War and the vivid passions of a young resident psychiatrist struggling to reach her patient. A richly peopled, deftly surprising and highly satisfying novel."

——Margot Livesey, author of Eva Moves the Furniture

"A triumph. Both a riveting portrait of the secret life of Boston"s upper classes -- spun from the tormented soul of the memorable Mrs. Bemis -- and a moving tale about the unexpected relationship between two women who would seem to have nothing in common. A dream of a book by a terrific writer."

——Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides

"A book of hidden mysteries that becomes ever more luminous as the characters reveal -- and discover -- the subversive truths that make them who they are."

——Nomi Eve, author of The Family Orchard