Twenty-three stories in which women rise or fall from grace from the New York Times –bestselling author, "a fascinating novelist" ( Los Angeles Times ).

You're in for an unforgettable experience when America's master storyteller turns his enormous narrative gifts to the passionate, haunting subject of the American woman, searching for—and often finding—love and faith.

There's teenaged Rosemarie, coming to grips with the evil of the twentieth century—or is it the evil in the human heart?

Peggy, whose widowhood plunges her into the cold of loneliness.

Rita, whose marriage is rich and fulfilling—except at its core.

Laura, torn between three lovers, one of them a seminarian.

Julie, haunted by something that happened long ago.

Sionna Marie, an imp diving passionately into adulthood.

And Patricia, caught in a web she may not have the power to break.

Praise for Andrew M. Greeley

"Greeley writes with passion and narrative force." — Chicago Sun-Times

"An expert on the emotions that make us human." — The Minneapolis Star

"A master storyteller." — The Cincinnati Enquirer