The Year of Needy Girls

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian Fiction! "Recalls both Hellman's The Children's Hour and Lehane's Mystic River in a story about murder and false accusations." -- Bay Area Reporter "A tense story about a small town swept up in bigotry and paranoia after the brutal murder of a local boy sends the residents into a frenzied witch hunt...Smith's crisp prose and dedication to realistic moral ambiguity make for a provoking read." -- Publishers Weekly "Smith's first novel successfully bu