Gradually it becomes clear that Henley's therapist has a personal story as complicated as her own. The book's title refers to the summer month when most therapists go on vacation, a dreadful time for Henley, who lives in fear of abandonment. "August" (1983), her second major best-seller, tells the stories of Dawn Henley and her therapist, Lulu Shinefeld. Rossner had a flair for the suspenseful and strange. "Some of the brightest women I know are obsessed with the search. Rossner said in a 1983 interview with the Washington Post. "It's astonishing what some women will put up with just to have a warm body," Ms. She saw Quinn as one of many lonely young women living in the city. Rossner became interested in the murder when she wrote an article about it, which was not published, for Esquire magazine. The 1975 book was made into a movie in 1977 with Diane Keaton as the teacher and Tom Berenger as her killer. She was best known for the emotion-charged "Goodbar," which is based on the true story of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn, who was in her late 20s when she was murdered by a man she brought home from a bar.
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