Woman No. 17

Washington PostBest Books of 2017New York Timesbestselling author Edan Lepucki''sWoman No. 17 is awinning novel. New York Times Book Review High in the Hollywood Hills writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left alone with her children shes going to need a hand taking care of her young son if shes ever going to finish her memoir. In response to a Craigslist ad S arrives a magnetic young artist who will live in the secluded guest house out back care for Ladys toddler Devin and keep a watchful eye on her older teenage son Seth. S performs her day job beautifully quickly drawing the entire family into her orbit and becoming a confidante for Lady. But in the heat of the summer Ss connection to Ladys older son takes a disturbing and possibly destructive turn. And as Lady and S move closer to one another the glossy veneer of Ladys privileged life begins to crack threatening to expose old secrets that she has been keeping from her family. Meanwhile S is protecting secrets of her own about her real motivation for taking the job. S and Lady are both playing a careful game and every move they make endangers the things they hold most dear. Darkly comic twisty and tense this mesmerizing new novel defies expectation and proves Edan Lepucki to be one of the most talented and exciting voices of her generation.