The Women Fiction From the ashes of a

From the ashes of a life burned to the ground

As the pair allows themselves the openness and vulnerability to entrust their deepest truths to each other

she fears that one of her father’s “fans” might be mimicking his crimes

the Deepness—the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists—is back

a recent arrival from Virginia

The Women Fiction From the ashes of aWomen can be heroes. When twenty year old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army