![]() ![]() ![]() They keep expecting Zenia to turn into a better person, or act in the same manner as they do. The three main female characters support each other through traumatic times. There are many references to fairy tales, which provides additional food for thought. The women repeatedly give her the benefit of the doubt, trusting her when they should avoid her. She is an expert at exploiting vulnerabilities. Zenia exhibits many of the traits of a psychopath (though the term is not used). ![]() There are many complexities at work in this novel. It is told in three alternating segments in flashback, one for each protagonist, and the three storylines converge in the end. She lies, connives, and manipulates these women, toying with them and the men they love. Villainess, Zenia, plays on the sympathies of the three women. Tony becomes a professor of history, Charis is a free spirit teaching yoga, and Roz is a successful businesswoman. Published in 1993 and set in Toronto, three women, Tony, Charis, and Roz, are good friends who met in college. ![]()
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