Here's what a Publishers Weekly Reviewer says of Maureen's Golden Heart nominated manuscript
THE MISEDUCATION OF APRIL HILLSON
Manuscript review by Publishers Weekly,
an independent organization
Orphaned at age 17, April is thrust into the world of high society.
By the time she's 18, the ward of Philadelphia blueblood Richard Hillson has become his wife.
Twenty-two years later, April is evaluating the years leading up to her divorce and isolation from
the only world she has ever known. Alternating between flashbacks is her present-day struggle
to rebuild her life after years of being a society matron. This witty rags-to-riches tale is
filled with well-defined characters: Victoria Billingsgate Hillson, the controlling family matriarch;
Richard, the shallow billionaire husband; Roxie, the stripper/waitress turned horticulture
student who befriends April and finds her a job; Dan, the cop with a heart of gold;
and various society wives straight out of the film The Women. The novel culminates
in double crosses and upper-class backstabbing.
