?Jillian Cantor beautifully re-crafts an American classic in Beautiful Little Fools placing
the women of The Great Gatsby center stage: more than merely beautiful not so little as the
men in their lives assume and certainly far from foolish. Both fresh and familiar this
page-turner is one to savor!? ?Kate Quinn New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code
?Jillian Cantor's shifting kaleidoscope of female perspectives makes F. Scott Fitzgerald's
classic tale of Jazz Age longing and lust feel utterly modern. A breathtaking
accomplishment.??Fiona Davis New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
USA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The
Great Gatsby in this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies told in three
women's alternating voices. 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 unraveling. Each woman is pulled deeper
into Jay Gatsby's romantic obsession with devastating consequences for all of them. Jillian
Cantor revisits the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
retelling this timeless American classic from the women's perspective. Beautiful Little Fools
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.
