Chapter 1
That year all the nonfiction best-sellers were religious
books， except for three. They were the Kinsey Report
on female sexuality， Polly Adler s story of her life
as a madam， and a book on golf. It was a time of
furtive guilty sex. People talked about love all the
time and married strangers.
Emily Applebaum s parents came with her on the
train to college to help her get settled. It was the
first day of Freshman Orientation Week， a clear，
sunny fall day， the leaves turning. The red brick
buildings under the blue sky gave the campus the
look of a New England picture postcard. Emily had
been assigned to her permanent room in Briggs Hall，
a single as she had requested. Her mother had wanted
her to ask for a roommate so she could be assured
of one good friend from the start， but Emily had been
uncomfortable about having to share a room with
someone she didn t know， and when she saw the tiny
cell she knew she had made the right decision. It was
a narrow rectangle， at one end a door opening onto
the long hall lined with similar rooms， on the other
end a big window looking out at the grassy area they
catted the Quadrangle.
Briggs Hall was one of seven dorms set around the
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