Synopses & Reviews
The author of "Venus Envy" takes you on a riotous ride back to onewoman's future...
In a delightful contemporary farce with a riotous twist, Rita Mae Brownwelcomes you to Virginia's horse country, where a fox hunt is about to lead a1990s woman, Cig Blackwood, into a 1690s adventure of the heart. Infidelity, single motherhood, family betrayal, and the thrill of the hunt (in manyvarieties) are hilariously and poignantly played out in this captivating novelof time travel and self-discovery.
"It's a search for Mr. Right and the meaning of life that moves back andforth across time periods deftly as a minuet, with each century yielding uptruths about the other."
-- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
"Giddily enjoyable...with its feisty heroine, vivid period detail andwell-turned plot twists, this novel is charming."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"The pace is fast and full of life....a whopping good read and a heckuva ride."
-- "Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"Laugh-out-loud lines...dead-on ridicule of modern-day bad behavior."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Synopsis
The author of
Venus Envy takes you on a riotous ride back to one woman's future...
In a delightful contemporary farce with a riotous twist, Rita Mae Brown welcomes you to Virginia's horse country, where a fox hunt is about to lead a 1990s woman, Cig Blackwood, into a 1690s adventure of the heart. Infidelity, single motherhood, family betrayal, and the thrill of the hunt (in many varieties) are hilariously and poignantly played out in this captivating novel of time travel and self-discovery.
From the Paperback edition.