Solstice

<p><strong>An engrossing early novel from Joyce Carol Oates's earlier novels explores a fraught and perilous relationship between two women</strong></p><p>Originally published in 1985 <em>Solstice</em> is the gripping story of Monica Jensen and Sheila Trask two young women who are complete opposites yet find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other. Monica is a shy modest and recently divorced school teacher while Sheila is a worldly sophisticated and nocturnal painter driven by the needs of her art. Over the months their friendship deepens first to love and then to a near-fatal obsession.</p><p>Engaging dark and mysterious <em>Solstice </em>is Joyce Carol Oates's psychological masterpiece of friendship and fixation. </p><p> </p>