Author: juliaclaibornejohnson

“Doesn’t a romantic comedy set on a 1930s Nevada dude ranch teeming with about-to-be-divorced women owe a certain debt to the era’s big-screen classics? Then again, it’s hard to believe a cinematic version could be any more fun.” — New York Times Book ReviewThe dazzling second novel from the bestselling author of Be Frank with Me, a charming story of endings, new beginnings, and the complexities … story of endings, new beginnings, and the complexities and complications of friendship and love, set in late 1930s Reno.It’s 1938 and women seeking a quick, no-questions split from their husbands head to the “divorce capital…

“Readers will find themselves captivated” (People): When Alice is hired as caretaker for a reclusive author’s peculiar son, she finds herself pulled into a captivating search for the boy’s father. “Magnificently poignant, funny, and wholly original” (Library Journal).