Jennie Fields received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the author of the novels LILY BEACH, CROSSING BROOKLYN FERRY, THE MIDDLE AGES, THE AGE OF DESIRE and ATOMIC LOVE. A Chicago native, Fields was inspired by her own mother’s work as a University of Chicago-trained biochemist in the 1950s. Fields now lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.

Books by Jennie Fields

The Age of Desire

by Jennie Fields - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Anna Bahlmann was Edith Wharton’s closest friend --- that is, until Edith falls passionately in love with a dashing younger journalist. As Edith’s marriage crumbles and Anna’s disapproval threatens to shatter their lifelong bond, the women must face the fragility at the heart of all friendships.