The Longings of Women: A Novel

An "extraordinary" novel of the intertwined lives of three troubled women, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Gone to Soldiers (San Francisco Chronicle).

When her best friend's death rattles her sense of complacency, college professor Leila Landsman decides she's finally had enough of her cheating husband. Leila throws herself into her work and encounters Becky Burgess, a local woman who climbed her way out of poverty but whose success is completely halted when she becomes the prim...