A Parable of Young Womanhood

A Parable of Young Womanhood

Like a Southern summer, Girls with Long Shadows may appear at first glance to be a sweet and easy tale. At a distance, the novel’s main characters — the 19-year-old identical Binderup triplets — resemble archetypal Southern beauties: tall and thin, blonde and blue-eyed. They tend to their grandmother’s golf course in their bikinis, say “yes ma’am” and “no sir,” and don’t take the Lord’s name in vain. Photo: Claire McAdams Photography But like th…