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Author:

Grant, Sofia, author.

Title:

Lies in white dresses : a novel / Sofia Grant.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

359, 9 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Female friendship--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Divorce--Reno--Reno--Fiction.
Nineteen fifties--Fiction.
Women--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Reno (Nev.)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more." Includes readers guide with discussion questions.

Summary:

"In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the train they meet June Samples, who is fleeing an abusive husband with her daughter, and take the vulnerable young mother under their wing. The three decide to wait out the required six weeks together, and then they can toss their wedding bands into the Truckee River and start new lives as divorcees. But as they settle in at the ranch, one shocking moment will change their lives forever. As it brings their deceptions and fears into focus, it will also demand a reckoning with the past, and the choices that a person in love can be driven to make."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062861867
9780062861863

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1096291193

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

W7PA017 -- Public Resource Technology Center (Orient Public Lib) (Orient)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)