A Letter in the Wall, by Eileen Brill, is a 2022 Debut launching May 24th. It’s 1971, and Joan Dumann fears her former business partner wants her dead. Both manipulative and vulnerable, naive and conniving, Joan is a complex woman. Although she's originally from a prosperous Quaker family, Joan has often been her own worst enemy, alienating those who care deeply for her. But where will her sometimes smart, sometimes foolish, decisions ultimately take her?
Inspired by a letter written by the real Joan, found hidden in the wall of Eileen's Pennsylvania home, this story is a fictionalized imagining of who Joan was. I had the privilege of reading an advance reader copy, and can heartily recommend this subtle and psychologically acute tale of a twentieth-century woman's progress and missteps.
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