'Tantalizing...captivating...provocative.'—BooklistLate in her twentieth year, Beatrice, who dreams of a life on the stage, is confronting a home life torn asunder. She mails a letter on the sly to her grandmother, a legendary actre...

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST\'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\r\n\r\nOne of Christian Science Monitor\'s BEST FICTION OF 2019\r\n\r\n \"Funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I\'ve...