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DEBUT Beaird's first novel is a twisty tale about learning to take responsibility for one's own life. In the 1950s, Lois escapes a short and loveless marriage in Chicago by staying on a "divorce ranch" for six weeks to establish residency in Reno, NV, a city where unhappiness is legal grounds for divorce. (In most states at the time, divorce was only justified by abandonment or adultery.) Lois had sleepwalked into marriage after an unloving childhood and her mother's death, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More