Afternoons with Emily — Rose MacMurray

In mid-19th-century Amherst, Emily Dickinson is famous
both for her notable family and for her reclusive ways, and
only Miranda Chase, a smart girl with big plans for her own
life, is allowed to enter the budding poet's very private
world. At first, their Monday afternoon visits involve
discussing books over piping hot cups of tea, but when
Miranda begins exploring her own yearnings--for love, for
an education, even for a career--she discovers that being a
friend of Emily's is not without its dangers. The very
charisma that has inspired her becomes a web of intrigue,
and to escape it, Miranda will imperil her reputation, her
independence, and even her dreams.
Drawing on letters, poems, and everything that is known
about Dickinson's life, AFTERNOONS WITH EMILY is
a vivid portrait of America's most famous poet, a coming-ofage
story that spans the Civil War, and a tale of two brilliant
women who each chose to break with convention and live
life on their own terms.