Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn

November 15, 2004
Everything changes and the very foundation of her life comes into question when Meg witnesses her husband having sex with another woman on her bed in her suburban Chicago home. In order to find her way to a new life, Meg, along with three friends, re-creates the journey to Mexico that her favorite aunt took as a young woman. Her aunt's influence is still visible in remote Mexican villages, and the journey becomes spiritual as well as geographical. As Meg finds out more details of her aunt's life, she wonders why this wonderful woman's influence on her never took hold before she went into crisis. Then, when she returns to Chicago, Meg finds kindred spirits who have felt lost and oppressed but who now may be willing to let go and even dance naked. Once again Radish, author of " The Elegant Gathering of White Snows" (2003), sings the praises of sisterhood by creating an enticing world of women helping women to become the empowered individuals they were meant to be.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)