Debriefing Darly: Coming of Age at Any Age

Young and confident Darly Lane’s life is rocked by the Marvelous Mavens---five vibrant older women in her Boston University PhD study. Darly’s hypothesis that the Women’s Liberation Movement fixed everything is upended by the Mavens, who reveal a deeper female truth. They hold nothing back as they school Darly during their wine-fueled dinner meetings. It’s cathartic for the Mavens, but their candor threatens to crush Darly.

If being a woman is such a minefield, why are the Mavens having so much fun?