A Letter in the Wall: A Novel

It's 1971, and Joan Dumann fears her former business partner wants her dead-but her anxiety is less about dying than it is about feeling disrespected and invalidated. As she constructs a letter about her predicament, she revisits her past.

Born into a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family in 1915 and raised with privilege and opportunity, Joan wrestles with her turbulent thoughts and unfulfilled desires-an internal battle that often results in self-destructive tendencies. When she attempts ...