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The Gilded Edge
The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America | Catherine Prendergast
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Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the 20th century with dramatically different ambitions. When Nora finds herself in a desperate situation, she is invited to stay with the Sterlings. To Carrie's dismay, the arrestingly beautiful poetess allows herself to be seduced by her husband. The ensuing love triangle - which ultimately ends in the deaths of all three - is more than just a wild love story. This is the story of two women who learn the high price of sexual and artistic freedom in a vivid depiction of the debauchery of the late Gilded Age. Print run 50,000.
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It‘s hard to believe that a poet who was well known enough that her suicide inspired other suicides could be as forgotten as Nora May French. I wonder who else we‘ve forgotten? This book takes a close look at French, the Sterlings & the luminaries in their circle. It was enjoyable, worth reading but I felt more unsettled than satisfied by it.