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Virginia-born novelist Ellen Glasgow played a leading role in helping Southern literature move away from the idealized, romantic portraits that were common in the nineteenth century, and toward a more gritty, realistic, nuanced view of the region.The Virginia of this book's title is a woman, Virginia Pendleton, who strives throughout her life to live up to the ideal of Southern femininity, but it's a guise that ultimately does her more harm than

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"Growing up, Christine Clark had a loving relationship with her mother, to whom this book is dedicated. But there were times, due to life pressures, when Clark's mother welcomed the respite of having her daughter spend some time with family and friends. "I turned to other women," Clark said. "My godmother, a cherished neighbor, two teachers and a navy wife-who, in turn and in different ways, offered me support and guidance when I needed it."Clark's...