First published 1982
Without access to the source material, I cannot provide a synopsis that meets the specified requirements of naming the protagonist, opening with a concrete scene, showing central tension, and closing with emotional core while maintaining factual accuracy about this 1982 work by Joanne Meschery.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Period: 1982
304 pages · Hardcover · Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)