BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240410T230000Z DTEND:20240411T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Discussion with Rowan Beaird DESCRIPTION:At the Golden Yarrow\, the most respectable of Reno's famous "divorce ranches\," Lois finds herself living with half a dozen other would-be divorcees\, all in Reno for the six weeks' residency that is the state's only divorce requirement. They spend their days riding horses and their nights flirting with cowboys\, and it's as wild and fun as Lake Forest\, Illinois\, is prim and stifling. But it isn't until Greer Lang arrives that Lois's world truly cracks open. Gorgeous\, beguiling\, and completely indifferent to societal convention\, Greer is unlike anyone Lois has ever met and she sees something in Lois that no one else ever has. Under her influence\, Lois begins to push against the limits that have always restrained her. But how far will she go to forge her independence\, on her own terms?\n\n\n\nSet in the glamorous\, dizzying world of 1950s Reno\, where housewives and movie stars rubbed shoulders at gin-soaked casinos\, The Divorcees is a riveting page-turner and a dazzling exploration of female friendship\, desire\, and freedom.\n\nRowan Beaird is a fiction writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review\, The Southern Review\, and The Common\, among others. She is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award\, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and StoryStudio\, and she currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

At the Golden Yarrow\, the most respectable of Reno&rsquo\;s famous &ldquo\;divorce ranches\,&rdquo\; Lois finds herself living with half a dozen other would-be divorcees\, all in Reno for the six weeks&rsquo\; residency that is the state&rsquo\;s only divorce requirement. They spend their days riding horses and their nights flirting with cowboys\, and it&rsquo\;s as wild and fun as Lake Forest\, Illinois\, is prim and stifling. But it isn&rsquo\;t until Greer Lang arrives that Lois&rsquo\;s world truly cracks open. Gorgeous\, beguiling\, and completely indifferent to societal convention\, Greer is unlike anyone Lois has ever met&mdash\;and she sees something in Lois that no one else ever has. Under her influence\, Lois begins to push against the limits that have always restrained her. But how far will she go to forge her independence\, on her own terms?
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\nSet in the glamorous\, dizzying world of 1950s Reno\, where housewives and movie stars rubbed shoulders at gin-soaked casinos\, \;The Divorcees \;is a riveting page-turner and a dazzling exploration of female friendship\, desire\, and freedom.

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Rowan Beaird is a fiction writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in \;The Kenyon Review\, \;The Southern Review\, and \;The Common\, among others. She is the recipient of the \;Ploughshares \;Emerging Writer Award\, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers&rsquo\; Conference and StoryStudio\, and she currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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