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Hiding from One's True Self "The Gilded Years" by Karin Tanabe e.2016, Washington Square Press $16/$22 Canada 390 pages
Always be true to yourself.
It sounds like a poster, a meme or advice that's always been in the background of your life. Putting on airs, pretending to be someone you're not, keeping up the ruse, it's harder than it looks - and besides, genuineness is a trait people like. Always be true to yourself- unless, as in the new book "The Gilded Years" by Karin Tanabe, temporarily living a lie could change your future.
For three years, Anita Hemmings had worked for this moment.
It was the fall of 1896, the first day of her last year at Vassar. She'd finally get to partake of the bittersweet rites that senior students enjoyed,...