Riley has just gotten divorced from her gambling husband Danny. She has lost everything and now has the chance to be a love-in caretaker for Betty, an old lady widow in her 80’s who has been a hermit for the last 60 years.
Betty asks her to look into her 3 best friends from her time at Marquis college- loosely based on Duke. She and her 3 friends showed psychic abilities and were used an experiments for a professor there in the 60’s.
It’s a story that intrigued me, although I found the pacing to be clunky and the ending somewhat disappointing. The beginning and setup was very well done, I was so drawn in by the chapters in the early 60’s.
Three words to describe the main character? Enabler. Loyal. A
Mary sue.
Hollywood cast
Betty- Lily Tomlin
Riley- Zoe Saldana
Thanks to NetGalley and st martins press for the ARC. Book to be published August 4, 2026.
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