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�Devilishly sharp... a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.� �Kirkus Reviews An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy�a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flare that made her the darling of men and women alike. Married to the son of a renowned Italian family with ties to the underworld, Dorothy fervently eschewed motherhood and domesticity, turning Deborah over to her spinster aunts to raise while she was the star of a vibrant social life. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother, but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled past�a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter�s grasp. In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday�s Child tells the story of Deborah�s eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents� death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. No longer under the spell of her maternal goddess, but still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing, Deborah must finally confront the reality of her mother�s legacy�and finally claim her own.