QElena fairchild is a teacher at one of the states new elite schools. Her daughters are exactly like her: beautiful, ambitious, and perfect. A good thing, since the recent mandate thats swept the country is all about perfection. Now everyone must undergo routine tests for their Quotient, Q, and any children who dont measure up are placed into new government schools. Instead, teachers can focus on the gifted. Elena tells herself its not about eugenics,

And Lily can hardly believe she'd never heard of Ischia before now

As Freud's influence has waned over the years

Isolated and ancient

The ancient art of reading tea-leaves is one of the simplest and most accessible forms of divination

you'll never be short of inspiration

a white Texan journalist named John Howard Griffin travelled across the Deep South of the United States disguised as a working-class black man

Praise for Jill's novels

Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Russia and undermines democracy abroad

Will the family she's estranged from ever grant her the recognition she craves

myth and poetry to hard rock

philosophical and moving

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