The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin-Used Kirstin Chen In downtown Chicago

In downtown Chicago

The city's only hope of economic salvation is a new

The Witch Elm asks what we become

Soon Olivia feels like she’s being watched and begins sleepwalking again

And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin-Used Kirstin Chen In downtown ChicagoIn the spring of 1981, the young Skinner siblingsfierce Renee, dreamy Caroline, golden boy Joe and watchful Fionalose their father to a heart attack and their mother to a paralyzing depression, events that thrust them into a period they will later call the Pause. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them, the siblings navigate the dangers and resentments of the Pause to emerge fiercely loyal