Lily is grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. Vivian is dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in 1970s Watergate-era Washington D.C. But when he demands a humiliating favor, her refusal changes the course of her life--and the lives of others. Esther is an independent young woman in ancient Persia. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the King. These three women's riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how women's lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.
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Anna Solomon.
