"An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bohemian Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer-- secret lover of JFK, ex-wife of a CIA chief, sexual adventurer, LSD explorer and early feminist living by her own rules. She was a longtime lover of JFK. She was the ex-wife of a CIA chief. She was the sister-in-law of the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee. She believed in mind expansion and took LSD with...

Count down from ten as a boy gathers flowers for a bouquet for his mother.

Information on various individuals gleaned from county records of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, Delaware, Kentuchy, and Pennsylvania.