Ladies of the House: A Novel

After Daisy Richardson’s father—a senator—dies and a scandal is made public, Daisy tries to keep the family afloat despite now being social outcasts who are down to their last dime. Although Daisy longs to run away, her mother refuses to sell their Georgetown home, and her sister, Wallis, inconveniently falls in love instead of leaving herself free and ready to move. Daisy’s own love life becomes complicated when Atlas, her best friend—whom she wishes were more—writes an exposé on her father. Eventually, her plan to stay out of the limelight fails, and she is forced to speak up to save the remaining shreds of her family.