The Divorcees

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The Divorcees is gorgeously crafted, perfectly balanced, and full of complex, moving and vividly wrought characters. The sunshot pool at the Golden Yarrow, the searing desert heat, the dark glamor of the casinos will stay with me for a long time. Rowan Beaird writes with such ease and confidence that it's hard to believe this novel is her first. An excellent, deeply compelling read -- Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of Matrix and Fates and Furies A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice -- Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions for You and The Great Believers A stunning debut, Rowan Beaird's The Divorcees is a glittering desert mirage behind which lurks a shocking web of secrets . . . Tense, dark, and richly layered, lovers of Patricia Highsmith will devour this compulsively readable, standout novel -- Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters The Divorcees, a sultry fever dream of a novel set on a Reno divorce ranch in the 1950s, should be read by a pool on a blisteringly hot day, preferably with a drink in hand. Its lush, perfectly wrought prose-and the secrets and deceptions at the center of the seductive plot-will unsettle you and keep you turning the pages. This book shimmers and startles on every page -- Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light The women of The Divorcees captivated me: drenched in desert light, searching for themselves in every possible mirror. Their relationships to one another, gorgeously rendered, have an intensity fueled by self-discovery-these are connections full of deep understanding, shocking deception, devastating betrayal, and real love. Beaird is a wondrous new talent who has given us an unforgettable, lushly assured novel -- Clare Beams, author of The Illness Lesson