Interestingly, Gilchrist chooses not describe Rhoda's transformation into a ''better'' person, though a jump-cut conclusion indicates that by fiftysomething she has quit drinking and become a writer. While her story is refreshingly sermon-free, its author never explains just how this silly girl escapes the collision course of her youth.
''If we could understand one thing entirely, we might understand it all.'' Rhoda philosophizes. The same could be said of Net of Jewels, an engaging novel that, for all its beauty and emotional horsepower, refuses to reveal its purpose. B
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