Pretty Leslie

A “jolting, disturbing” novel from “a writer of the first rank,” about a midcentury housewife’s secret sexual drives ( The New York Times ). Beautiful, intelligent, and charming, Leslie Daniels is the wife of a successful Illinois physician. To her friends and family, she appears to be happily living the American dream. But there is another side to Leslie, one propelled by lust and unsettling impulses that run completely counter to her comfortable midwestern routine. So far, Leslie has managed t