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Rowan Beaird’s debut novel, “The Divorcées,” is about in 1951 at a Reno “divorce ranch” — a lodge catering to ladies in search of to finish their marriages rapidly by establishing six weeks’ residency in Nevada. Under, Beaird recommends six important novels of the period.
‘The Value of Salt’ by Patricia Highsmith (1952)
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‘Go Inform It on the Mountain’ by James Baldwin (1953)
‘Bonjour Tristesse’ by Françoise Sagan (1954)
‘Increase Excessive the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction’ by J.D. Salinger (1955)
‘The Haunting of Hill Home’ by Shirley Jackson (1959)
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ by Truman Capote (1958)
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