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-- Woman number seventeenÃ2017., Hogarth Hogarth Call No: Fic Lep Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left alone with her children, sheœs going to need a hand taking care of her young son if sheœs ever going to finish her memoir. In response to a Craigslist ad, S arrives, a magnetic young artist who will live in the secluded guest house out back, care for Ladyœs toddler, Devin, and keep a watchful eye on her older, teenage son, Seth. S performs her day job beautifully, quickly drawing the entire family into her orbit, and becoming a confidante for Lady. But in the heat of the summer, Sœs connection to Ladyœs older son takes a disturbing, and possibly destructive, turn. And as Lady and S move closer to one another, the glossy veneer of Ladyœs privileged life begins to crack, threatening to expose old secrets that she has been keeping from her family. Meanwhile, S is protecting secrets of her own, about her real motivation for taking the job. S and Lady are both playing a careful game, and every move they make endangers the things they hold most dear. Darkly comic, twisty and tense, this mesmerizing new novel defies expectation and proves Edan Lepucki to be one of the most talented and exciting voices of her generation.
