As Good as Dead

At the high-octane Iowa Writers' Workshop, small-town Charlotte is thrilled and confounded by her relationship with charismatic and sophisticated Esm : One moment, Esm appears to be Charlotte's most intimate friend; the next, her rival. After a tumultuous weekend, Charlotte's insecurities and her resentment toward Esm reach a fever pitch. Blindly, Charlotte strikes out--in an act of betrayal tha...