Superior Women | Related Titles

Superior Women did not become part of any series, nor do these characters appear again elsewhere, although some of the settings do. The contrast between the South and the West, here epitomized in Lavinia and Megan, is internalized in the dual personalities of many Adams's heroines, and the way geography is reflected in lifestyle and character is a common theme. The New York and European settings are special to Superior Women, but the transplanted New Englander in California is found in many of her novels, especially in Second Chances, where the denizens of San Sebastian...

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