“This novel is a perfect rendering of a woman trying to climb from Boston over to Brookline (something lots of folks are still trying to do). It captures the tension of a marriage between a social climber who will step on any one on her ascent and a husband who's a hard worker and has married out of his league. It also captures skin color and class issues that still go on decades after this novel was written. Ms. West was a long-time resident of Martha's Vineyard and wrote about goings-on...”

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