Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group—the fabled “Lost Generation”—that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Happily married and pregnant, Quinn Braverman has an ominous secret: every time she makes a major life decision, she knows an alternate reality exists in which she made the opposite choice --- not only that, she knows how to cross over.
The novel, daringly written in first person, begins in the snow. It's 1848, and Emily Dickinson is a student at Mount Holyoke, with its mournful headmistress and strict, strict rules. Inspired by her letters and poetry, Charyn goes on to capture the occasionally comic, always fevered, ultimately tragic story of her life-from defiant Holyoke seminarian to dying recluse.
Tamara Goodwin is born into the lap of luxury, spoiled and tempestuous; she has never had to think about the future- until the abrupt death of her father. Upon finding a mysterious book that reveals her own memories from one day in the future, Tamara believes she has found the answer to her problems, but she soon learns that some pages are better left unturned, and that she mustn’t interfere with fate.
