The author who became a New York Times best seller with the works The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of women's friendship and secrets in a women’s boarding house in Washington, D.C., during the McCarthy era.
Washington, D.C., 1950
Everyone keeps their distance at Briarwood House, a boarding house exclusively for women, where secrets are hidden behind respectable façades. When the mysterious Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her unique neighbors – a charming Englishwoman, the daughter of a police officer, a disgruntled baseball star, and a fervent McCarthy supporter – into an unexpected friendship.
Grace's weekly dinners in the attic and the sun-brewed tea from the windowsill become a healing balm for their troubled lives, but she harbors a terrifying secret. And when a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club must finally decide: who is the true enemy among them?
Highlighting the paranoid atmosphere of the McCarthy era and showcasing the changing roles of women in post-war America, The Briar Club is an intimate and gripping novel of secrets and tested faith.
Pages: 432, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
