Claire McMillan is the author of Gilded Age and The Necklace. She is the Cuyahoga County Writer-in- Residence and currently serves as a member of the board of trustees of The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, Massachusetts. She practiced law until and then received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington www.doorway.rued on: Aug. The Necklace by Claire McMillan This is the story of two generations of the Quincy Family. It is truly saga that goes back and forth from the ’s India to present time in Ohio. This novel alternates between Nell’s story and Ambrose’s story/5. · Claire McMillan's Jazz Age novel THE NECKLACE offers a delicious family drama of secrets, lies, and www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Read "The Necklace A Novel" by Claire McMillan available from Rakuten Kobo. In this "glittering, Gatsby-esque" (Publishers Weekly) novel, two generations of Quincy women—a bewitching Jazz Age beau. Claire McMillan is the author of The Necklace and Gilded Age, which was inspired by Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. She grew up in and around Pasadena, California, but for some reason people always ask if she grew up in Philadelphia. She practiced complex corporate litigation in San Francisco until and then received an MFA in creative writing. Posted on Aug by Claire McMillan So thrilled that Touchstone/SimonSchuster will be publishing my second novel, The Necklace, out next summer Could not be happier to be working with them again.
In her new book, “The Necklace,” McMillan, who lives outside Cleveland herself, tells another story of money and class, this one set partly in contemporary Ohio. "The Necklace" is a beautifully written novel that is elegant, witty and charming. Claire McMillan's characters are well constructed, believable and each endearing in their own way. The author skillfully and deftly transports the reader between past and present without missing a beat. A pleasure to read. Claire McMillan's The Necklace has everything I love in story: a rich family drama, an enthralling mystery, exotic settings and gorgeous historical detail. McMillan writes in assured and often witty prose, and her characters came to life on the very first page. An enchanting, intoxicating book." Cristina Alger. 05/08/
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