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- English
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Beautiful Little Fools
About this book
A powerful reimagining of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of the three women whose lives are unravelled by one man’s romantic obsession.
On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire.
Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby – before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well. Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marriage.
Their stories unfold in the years leading up to that fateful summer of 1922, when all three of their lives are on the brink of unravelling. Each woman is pulled deeper into Jay Gatsby’s romantic obsession, with devastating consequences for all of them.
This inspired reimagining of the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic is a quintessential tale of money and power, marriage and friendship, love and desire – and ultimately the murder of a man tormented by the past and driven by a destructive longing that can never be fulfilled.
‘This powerful exploration of the women of The Great Gatsby will forever change the way you see the American classic – and perhaps, too, the role of women in all the stories we take for granted.’ Kristin Harmel, bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing Star
On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire.
Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby – before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well. Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marriage.
Their stories unfold in the years leading up to that fateful summer of 1922, when all three of their lives are on the brink of unravelling. Each woman is pulled deeper into Jay Gatsby’s romantic obsession, with devastating consequences for all of them.
This inspired reimagining of the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic is a quintessential tale of money and power, marriage and friendship, love and desire – and ultimately the murder of a man tormented by the past and driven by a destructive longing that can never be fulfilled.
‘This powerful exploration of the women of The Great Gatsby will forever change the way you see the American classic – and perhaps, too, the role of women in all the stories we take for granted.’ Kristin Harmel, bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing Star
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- August 1922: West Egg, NY
- Daisy: 1917: Louisville, Kentucky
- Jordan: 1917: Louisville
- Daisy: 1917: Louisville
- Catherine: 1917: New York City
- Detective Frank Charles: August 1922: New York
- Daisy: 1918: Louisville
- Jordan: 1918
- Daisy: 1918: Louisville
- Catherine: 1918: New York City
- Jordan: 1918: Charleston, South Carolina
- Detective Frank Charles: September 1922: Minneapolis
- Daisy: June 1919: Louisville
- Jordan: June 1919: Louisville
- Daisy: July 1919: The South Seas
- Jordan: July 1919: Charleston
- Daisy: August 1919: Santa Barbara
- Detective Frank Charles: September 1922: Rockvale, Illinois
- Catherine: 1920: New York City
- Daisy: 1920: Louisville
- Jordan: 1920: Cannes, France
- Detective Frank Charles: October 1922: New Jersey
- Jordan: 1921: Atlanta, Georgia
- Catherine: 1921: New York
- Daisy: 1921: Chicago
- Jordan: 1921: New York City
- Detective Frank Charles: December 1922: New York
- Myrtle: April 1922: New York
- Catherine: May 1922: New York City
- Daisy: June 1922: East Egg, NY
- Jordan: June 1922: East Egg
- Catherine: July 1922: New York City
- Daisy: July 1922: West Egg
- Jordan: July 1922: New York
- Catherine: August 1922: New York City
- Daisy: August 1922: West Egg
- Catherine: August 1922: West Egg
- Jordan: August 1922: West Egg
- Daisy: August 1922: New York
- Myrtle: August 1922: Queens, NY
- Daisy: August 1922: New York
- Jordan: August 1922: East Egg
- Catherine: August 1922: Flushing, NY
- Daisy: August 1922: East Egg
- Catherine: August 1922: West Egg
- Jordan: August 1922: West Egg
- Daisy: August 1922: West Egg
- Catherine: January 1923: Chicago
- Jordan: January 1923: Santa Barbara
- Detective Frank Charles: June 1923: East Egg
- Daisy: August 1923: Louisville
- Acknowledgments
- Reading Group Guide
- About the Author
- More from Jillian Cantor
- Copyright