The Solid Gold Circle

by Sheila Schwartz

Ellen vows to marry a man rich enough to protect her from the harsher realities of life. After she marries Jeff, her dreams become reality. Their lives change when they join YPO, the Young Presidents Organization, the Solid Gold Circle of the title. Then, having everything, Ellen begins to find that this is not the life or man she wants.

528 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1981

About the author

The late Sheila Schwartz is the author of the Etruscan novel Lies Will Take You Somewhere (2008). She has also authored Imagine a Great White Light, a short story collection (Pushcart Press, 1993). Her work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares, and Triquarterly, as well as in anthologies such as The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Pushcart Prize. She was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1993 and an Ohio Arts Council Grant in 2005.