'LOVED it. Tightly-plotted elegance, 50s glamour and suspense. Put it on your lists' Jessie Burton
'Excellent. Riveting to the last page' The Times
"You know, I've been hearing some stories about you," Greer says.
"What do you mean?"
"That you're a bit of a liar."
It is 1951 and Lois Saunders arrives at the Golden Yarrow divorce ranch in Nevada, fleeing her suffocating marriage. Here women from different backgrounds live together for the six weeks it will take to earn their freedom, spending their days riding horses and their nights flirting with cowboys. It's as wild and fun as Lois's former home was prim and stifling, but it isn't until Greer Lang arrives that her world truly cracks open . . .
Gorgeous, beguiling, and outspoken, Greer is unlike anyone Lois has ever met - and she sees something in Lois that no one else ever has. Soon, under her influence, Lois begins to push against the limits that have always restrained her.
But how much can Lois really trust her new friend? And how far will she go to forge her independence, on her own terms?
'Evocative, beautifully drawn' Observer
'Simmering with tension' Jennie Godfrey
'Excellent, deeply compelling' Lauren Groff
'Tense, dark, and richly layered' Katy Hays
'Fans of Lessons In Chemistry will adore it' Red
'I straight up loved it' Elizabeth Macneal Rowan Beaird is a writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Common, among others. She is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and StoryStudio. She currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Divorcées is her first novel. Rowan Beaird is a writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Common, among others. She is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and StoryStudio. She currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. THE DIVORCEES is her first novel. A dazzling US debut from a beguiling new voice - for fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry. A dark and dazzling US debut from a beguiling new voice - for fans of Beautiful Ruins and Lessons in Chemistry. A standout debut, being published by Flatiron books in the US, THE DIVORCEES is already garnering incredible praise from authors and readers alike. The fascinating story of the Reno divorce ranches is little known and provides the perfect atmospheric setting for this gripping story. The 1950s setting is endlessly popular both in fiction and on screen and provides the perfect backdrop for an exploration of female friendship and the desire for freedom, in a world where women's lives are ruled by misogyny. The Divorcées 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 A delicious literary page-turner from a fierce new voice A stunning debut, Rowan Beaird's The Divorcées 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 The Divorcées, 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 s
