: Her most famous novel, tracing the lives of five women from their college years in the 1940s through the social shifts of the following decades .
: Adams focused heavily on the lives of women, particularly white, wealthy women navigating the quiet disappointments of modern life . Her characters often grapple with "feeling too much" rather than too little, exploring the complexities of love, aging, and the "normality" of a life marked by both passion and loss . Alice Adams
: Originally trained as a weaver, Adams transitioned into sculpture in the 1960s, using materials like steel cables, wire lath, and wood to create "abstract erotic" forms . : Her most famous novel, tracing the lives