Tanabe, Karin

A captivating look at the lengths to which women will go for success. For fans of Taylor Reid Jenkins’s Daisy Jones & the Six or Kayla Rae Whitaker’s The Animators.

Based on the real-life experiences of Hemmings, Vassar's first African American graduate, Tanabe's (The List) thought-provoking novel raises challenging questions about how race, gender, and class advance and limit opportunities. There is plenty of material here for book group discussions.