03269cam a2200505 i 4500 553159923 TxAuBib 20220101120000.0 200303s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020275966 9780062861863 paperback 0062861867 paperback (OCoLC)1096291193 YDX eng YDX rda BDX ATNSH HQD HRF UAP IK2 NZAUC OCLCF ILC YDXIT DLC TxAuBib rda Grant, Sofia. Lies in white dresses : a novel / Sofia Grant. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] ©2019. 359, 9 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more.". Includes readers guide with discussion questions. "In the 1940s and 50s, women who needed a fast divorce went to Nevada to live on a ranch with other women in the same boat. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were sold a bill of goods: find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. These best friends never expected to be on the train to Reno, those 'lies in white dresses' shattered, their marriages over. On board the train they meet June Samples, who is fleeing an abusive husband with her daughter, and take the vulnerable young mother under their wing. The three decide to wait out the required six weeks together, and then they can toss their wedding bands into the Truckee River and start new lives as divorcees. But as they settle in at the ranch, one shocking moment will change their lives forever. As it brings their deceptions and fears into focus, it will also demand a reckoning with the past, and the choices that a person in love can be driven to make."--Provided by publisher. 1952. Francie Meeker and Vi Carothers were expected to find a man, marry him in a white wedding gown, and live happily ever after. Now the friends are on the train to Reno, their marriages over. On board the train they meet June Samples, who is fleeing an abusive husband with her daughter. Taking the vulnerable young mother under their wing, they plan to wait out the required six weeks waiting for their divorce to become final, and then toss their wedding bands into the Truckee River and start new lives as divorcées. But one shocking moment will change their lives forever-- and demand a reckoning with the past. -- adapted from back cover and perusal of book. 20220101. 1900-1999. Female friendship Fiction. Female friendship. Married women Fiction. Married women. Divorce Nevada Reno Fiction. Divorce. Nineteen fifties Fiction. Nineteen fifties. Women Social conditions 20th century Fiction. Women Social conditions. Reno (Nev) Fiction. Nevada Reno. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction.