Early ReviewersAmy Virginia Evans

Young and confident, Darly Lane's life is rocked by the Marvelous Mavens—five vibrant older women in her Boston University PhD study.

Darly's hypothesis that the Women's Liberation Movement fixed everything is upended by the Mavens, who reveal a deeper female truth. They hold nothing back as they school Darly during their wine-fueled dinner meetings. It's cathartic for the Mavens, but their candor threatens to crush Darly.

If being a woman is such a minefield, why are the Mavens having so much fun?