New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, the story of a man torn between his new marriage, caring for his aged mother, and helping his high school sweetheart, whom he suspects is being abused by her husband. Praise from Charles Baxter and Margot Livesey (who calls this 'a novel of considerable suspense and cumulative power.'). ISBN: 1-56858-2250.