Lidie by Jane Smiley #mylar How and why was she

How and why was she given this second chance

Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems

There’s something more sinful than lust at play

and masculine identity are played out against the backdrop of an indifferent

Lidie by Jane Smiley #mylar How and why was sheFrom the bestselling, Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist, a rousing novel that follows two young women fleeing a divided America: one running toward a dazzling future and the other running from a troubled past. Christmas, 1857. America's future is precarious; civil war looms on the horizon. After her abolitionist husband is murdered in the lawless Kansas Territory, Lidie Newton returns, in mourning, to her hometown of Quincy, Illinois. But her sisters