Review: Why do women stay with toxic men? A debut novel has some uncomfortable answers

Megan Nolan's "Acts of Desperation," about a woman in thrall to an older man, stands out from similar tales with an uncannily self-aware narrator. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Folio Top Women: Amy Vaxman

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Folio Top Women: Katherine Nicholls

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Debut thriller to Faber

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