Cast of Characters

Zinnia Walsh has only ever wanted to be recognized for her intelligence. When she earns a scholarship to leave her sleepy Irish hometown for the prestigious Mayfield School, she finds herself finally seen as the brilliant girl she is. And yet, there is more to success at Mayfield than she expected. Unusual in her nationality, race, and class, she finds that these traits matter more here than in Roscommon. And then there is the feeling, inarticulable, that there is more to her elegant classmate Aoife than meets the eye . . .

Cover photograph by Igor Trepeshchenok and Roman Drits, some rights reserved.