SolsticeAn engrossing early novel from Joyce Carol Oatess earlier novels explores a fraught and perilous relationship between two women Originally published in 1985, Solstice is the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask, two young women who are complete opposites yet find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other. Monica is a shy, modest, and recently divorced school teacher while Sheila is a worldly, sophisticated, and nocturnal painter driven

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she opens the letter that sends her home

even if they failed spectacularly in the attempt

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But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education

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Then she meets Charley

a prodigal daughter whose innocence was cruelly snatched away—all living in genteel central Virginia

When their paths cross again

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