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'LOVED it. Tightly-plotted elegance, 50s glamour and suspense. Put it on your lists' Jessie Burton
'Excellent . . . riveting to the last page' The Times
'Filled with evocative period detail and populated with an intriguing tapestry of beautifully drawn characters' Observer
'As stylish as it's cover, with razor sharp…

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A divorce ranch? I had never heard of such a thing. Sometimes the, is this true, part of historical fiction is my favorite. It is true! Apparently, it was harder to get a divorce in the 1950s than I realized. Beaird’s novel centers around a young woman entering a ranch in Nevada to wait out her six weeks of residency in order to be eligible for divorce.

Put a group of disgruntled women looking to escape their marriages together, and there’s bound to be drama. You also get glamor, mystery, questionable identities, and a look at the bonds women…

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