| 'A funny, sexy, stylistically elegant, tongue-in-cheek rewriting of history' from the New York Times-bestselling author of City of Night (Booklist). ? A retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history, recounted by an eighteenth-century lady who realizes that these women's lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own. Told by a mystic that her dreams are memories of past lives, she must face the public to vindicate all women falsely accused of crimes. ? 'Mr. Rechy's renditions of these seemingly familiar stories can?.?.?. be surprisingly fresh, creating an ominous sense of tragedy and doom.' -The New York Times Book Review ? 'With a colorful ribbon of feminist revisionism festooning its New Age wrapping, Rechy's latest novel indulges in past-life grandiosity and some scandalous speculation about the erotic lives of Adam, Medea and Jesus, among others.' -Publishers Weekly ? 'Subversive and quite funny?.?.?. A fictional absolution of women known historically as 'whores'?.?.?. framed by a deadly serious look at erotic history and a formidable exploration of the power of words and their interpretation to alter our existence.' -Booklist ? 'Rechy writes gracefully, and sometimes poignantly, of the fate of fallen women over the centuries.' -The Washington Post |
