Split skirt

In this mesmerizing novel, two women share a weekend in a cell in the county jail, and there, they tell each other the stories of their lives - the split between who they are now and who they used to be. Rita is twenty-seven, fast-living, and reckless. Her unlikely cellmate, Mrs. Tyler, is in her fifties, rich, reserved, and socially prominent. These two women appear to have nothing in common but three days in which to rethink their lives - to talk and pass the time, to forget about where they are by focusing on where they have been, by asking themselves and each other how in the world…