An ensemble-cast novel about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, following a jazz musician and the multiple women-some charmed by him, others scorned-who find the power of their own voices in this thrilling debut. Delivering a lush orchestration of diverse female voices, Warrell spins a provocative, soulful, and gripping story of passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, and finally, hope and reconciliation, in answer to the age-old question: how do we find belonging when love is unrequited?
Key Themes
Relationships 🍋 Family 🍋 Women’s Empowerment 🍋 Hope and Reconciliation
Laura Warrell is a contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Tin House Writers’ Workshop and is a graduate of the creative writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, The Rumpus, Salon, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. She has taught creative writing and literature at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and through the Emerging Voices Program at PEN America in Los Angeles, where she lives.
