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Naveed (USA: WA) (2008/08/30):
Summary from the cover:
After the death of her parents, Joanna Becker becomes the ward of her Aunt Beatrice. Beatrice, wise witness to the gothic existence led by the seemingly tranquil Becker family, has gleaned much about the forces that have shaped the assertive Joanne. Vicki LeBrecque, in thrall to Joanna, is astounded to discover she has the consent of Beatrice to love Joanna. But Beatrice has past of her own, and telling reasons... Joanna finds additional protection among a circle of highly sophisticated women, one of whom is Vicki's own mother, and her lover... Fed by the wellspring of this confident, powerful cadre, Joanna seeks to apply her advantages- her strong personality, her prestige, her energetic optimism, and most of all her ideals- to influence young women around her. But she has much to learn about the world outside her own, and the rock-hard price women with less privilege must pay for independent lives. This splendid novel, set just after World War II, portrays American forerunners who carried the torch until the day when women would openly fight for control of their lives.
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