'Hart's novel does something exceptional that few pieces of fiction have done successfully.... H]as flashes of Sally Rooney's Conversations With Friends.' - New York Times 'An unforgettable account of a forbidden romance.' - Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy 'Moving and memorable.' - Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion 'Sensual and wise.' - Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage A novel about a young woman's life-altering affair with a much older, married woman. Mallory is a freshman in college when she meets the woman. She sees her for the first time at the university's gym, immediately entranced by this elegant, older person, whom she later learns is married and works at the school. Before long, they begin a clandestine affair. Self-possessed, successful, brilliant, and aloof, the woman absolutely consumes Mallory, who is still reeling from her mother's death a few months earlier. Mallory retreats from the rest of the world and into a relationship with this