Faber was a crime akin to turning over the poems to theologians. So, i realized right away that this was an opportunity to revisit a story in changed times. And heres where writing about what you can connect to came into it. All of my books, with one exception, that book about research, have been about strong, remarkable women. Karen horneye was the first, the psychoanalyst who took issue with freud odd idea busy sexuality. Marie currie curie, and a book about one strong woman, a woman name hally flannigan. So, there was another reason that i connected to this. Even though the love relationship had been floating around in the atmosphere, times had changed and this was a story that could be embraced, even celebrated, about two women who loved and empowered each other. And now i am delighted to introduce tonights author. Nancy malkeiels from Princeton University and was the longest serving dean and the first woman dean of the college, a scholar of 20th century american history. Her previ