Jillian Cantor beautifully re-crafts an American classic inBeautiful Little Fools,placing the women ofThe Great Gatsbycenter stage:more than merely beautiful, not so little as the men in their lives assume, and certainly far from foolish. Both fresh and familiar, this page-turner is one to savor! Kate Quinn,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Rose CodeJillian Cantors shifting kaleidoscope of female perspectives makes F. Scott Fitzgeralds classic tale of Jazz Age longing and lust feel utterly modern. A breathtaking accomplishment.Fiona Davis,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Lions of Fifth AvenueUSA Todaybestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classicThe Great Gatsbyin this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three womens alternating voices.On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby.Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire.Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsbybefore her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan.Jordan Baker, Daisys best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well.Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for womens freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, whos trapped in a terrible marriage.Their stories unfold in the years leading up to that fateful summer of 1922, when all three of their lives are on the brink of unraveling. Each woman is pulled deeper into Jay Gatsbys romantic obsession, with devastating consequences for all of them.Jillian Cantor revisits the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott FitzgeraldsThe Great Gatsby, retelling this timeless American classic from the womens perspective. Beautiful Little Fools is a quintessential tale of money and power, marriage and friendship, love and desire, and ultimately the murder of a man tormented by the past and driven by a destructive longing that can never be fulfilled.