This transformation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth into a powerful, modern story of one woman's struggle with independence and love is "a beach read with a touch of literary pedigree....A rich romp" (Elle).
A modern Edith Wharton heroine returns to the hothouse of Cleveland society, raising eyebrows as she struggles to reconcile her desire for independence and her need for love. Eleanor Hart had made a brilliant marriage in New York, but it ended in a scandalous divorce and thirty days in Sierra Tucson rehab. Now she finds that, despite feminist lip service, she will still need a husband to be socially complete. Navigating the treacherous social terrain where old money meets new, she finds that her beauty is a powerful tool in this world, but it has its limitations, even liabilities. Through one misstep after another, Ellie mishandles her second act. Her options narrow, and now she faces a desperate choice."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"Looking for a beach read with a touch of literary pedigree? . . . [A] rich romp of a read."--"Elle"
"McMillan, a facile writer who excels at natural dialogue, is deft at bringing character 'types' like Ellie and her professor-swain to life. Readers needn't care about Cleveland aristocracy to enjoy this book. . . . Ellie Hart's conundrum seduces us . . . studded with intriguing and accurate morsels, set among the city's old-money WASP conventions, updated with sexting and tequila body shots. More than a century after "The House of Mirth", McMillan demonstrates that human nature's tendency to judge and shun is still with us."--"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"Great fun, an over-the-top social farce, like "Gossip Girl" for grown people."--"Boston Globe"
"McMillan reimagines Wharton's "The House of Mirth" as a modern story set amid the upper crust of Cleveland instead of New York. The new setting works brilliantly. While the book hews to the original in terms of plot, this is no literary parlor trick: The dialogue is sharp and witty, and the characters inhabit a world of their own making. It's a tragic comedy that's alternately hilarious and heartbreaking."--"Romantic Times"
"Claire McMillan has captured Cleveland society in her clever net and with it brought back Lily Bart to vivid life in this witty, perceptive, and compulsively readable story of our human frailties, our strivings for success and love."--Sheila Kohler, author of "Becoming Jane Eyre"
"In "Gilded Age", Claire McMillan manages to both channel Edith Wharton and tell a compelling contemporary story of a woman unable to define herself through anything but the men who who desire her."--Lily King, author of "Father of the Rain"
"McMillan cleverly uses Wharton's classic novel to draw parallels between the social mores of two starkly different centuries. . . . An engrossing first novel."--"Library Journal"
"Claire McMillan has written a delightful first novel, which cleverly uses "The House of Mirth" as a counterpoint for her own perceptive take on contemporary social mores. A very fun read for Wharton's fans and anyone who likes a good story."--Emily Mitchell, author of"The Last Summer of the World"
"If Edith Wharton had lived in the contemporary Midwest, here is the novel she would have written. From the dowager who pins a half million dollars in diamonds on her fleece vest to the native son burdened by a decaying family estate, Claire McMillan gets it all right as she spins an intelligent and engrossing story of class, feminism, and beautiful but doomed Ellie Hart."--Susan Rebecca White, author of "A Soft Place to Land"
"A hard-edged look at the . . . elite of modern-day Cleveland . . . While the novel tips its hat to "House of Mirth", a simple comparison doesn't do McMillan justice."--"Publishers Weekly"
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