First published 2016
In the sultry, jazz-soaked atmosphere of a New Orleans speakeasy, Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern belle, meets a handsome stranger. As they dance and drink, a reckless desire ignites between them, leading to a night of tangled intimacy. But when morning comes, Blanche is left grappling with the emotional fallout, torn between her yearning for connection and the weight of her troubled past. Navigating the social mores of her time, she must confront the consequences of her impulsive actions and the fragile nature of her own sanity.
Genres: drama, american-fiction, 20th-century, adult-fiction
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: emotional-fallout, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New Orleans
Period: 20th-century
20 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: mental-illness