Sister Snake WOJNAROWICZ Although Violet’s body might be

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s

Jennifer Egan moves back and forth in time to trace the lives of Bennie

and the joy of imagining what lies just beyond our reach

And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson

Jock McLeish – a divorced

Sister Snake WOJNAROWICZ Although Violet’s body might beSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China. A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them