A professor. A student. An obsession gone awry.Effie Latimer is on a quest, a heroine's journey to find herself. But dragon-slayers, explorers who are challenged to follow the wisdom of the heart, are rarely female. (Yes, there's Joan of Arc, but look what they did to her.) This contemporary women's fiction is a sometimes humorous psychological study of a woman in the throes of loss, a woman who listens to her heart but forgets to heed her head.
Set in the late 1980s, the novel tells the story of Effie's obsessive love for a professor, Walter Rabinowitz. When Walter dumps her, as he has many other coeds, Effie decides to exact revengenot in a malicious way, though one certainly troubling to her mentor. This literary satire explores themes of relationships, betrayal, and self-discovery, asking: Can Effie find strength and support in female friendships and ultimately emerge from the haunting of Walter Rabinowitz?
Judie Raeholds a Master’s degree in Professional Writing. She is the author of four books for young people, including a Nancy Drew Mystery. She also authored a college thematic reader,Rites of Passage, and a poetry chapbookThe Weight of Roses, published by Finishing Line Press. Her essays have appeared inThe Sacramento Bee, as well as on San Francisco’s NPR station KQED. She has also written forOutside California, Tahoe Quarterly,andSacramento Magazine, and online for Women’s Voices for Change. After twenty-seven years of teaching college English, Judie now concentrates on writing articles and essays primarily related to life in the Sierra Foothills, where, when she’s not writing or gardening, she enjoys hiking the many trails around Nevada County.
This is a timely novel about seduction and betrayal--and its aftermath--that will appeal to readers who are following or joining the Me Too movement among women.
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