Old Lovegood Girls

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Flora and Evensong comes the story of two remarkable women and the complex friendship between them that spans decades. When the dean of Lovegood Junior College for Girls decides to pair Feron Hood with Merry Jellicoe as roommates in 1958, she has no way of knowing the far-reaching consequences of the match. Surrounded by the traditions and four-story Doric columns of Lovegood, the girls - and their friendship - begin to thrive.
But underneath their fierce friendship is a stronger, stranger bond, one comprised of secrets, rivalry, and influence. Ten years later, Feron and Merry haven't spoken since college. But, as Feron says, once someone is inside your "reference aura," she stays there forever. And when each woman finds herself in need of the other's essence, that spark - that remarkable affinity, unbroken by time - between them is reignited, and their lives begin to shift as a result.
Luminous and masterfully crafted, Old Lovegood Girls is the story of a powerful friendship that takes Feron and Merry through decades of a fast-changing world, finding and losing and finding again the one friendship that defines them.