Title: A maudlin, overwritten tribute to white southern womanhood.
Product review: I picked up this novel because stories about mothers who lose it after the fourth or fifth child generally interest me, but I couldn't stomach the dose of sentimental drivel about the true (and therefore typically southern) friendship exemplified by that bunch of spoiled, rich, white belles. At least those passages are better written than the framing story about the protagonist putting off her marriage and planning to directing "The Women." Those sections are completely overwritten and even more nauseating, with their Harlequin Romance-like references to "his strong arms," etc. Why didn't Wells's editor at least tell her to cut that part?
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