After a shattering incident of violence in New York, Daniel has returned to the town where he grew up. There, along with Kate and her daughter, Ruby, he settles into the kind of secure and comfortable family like he longed for during his emotionally barren childhood. But then he falls helplessly in love with Iris, the black woman whose son is Ruby's best friend - the beginning of an affair that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel's profession, their children's emotional well-being, and their view of themselves as essentially good people.
- ISBN10 0434012211
- ISBN13 9780434012213
- Publish Date 6 November 2003 (first published 4 March 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint William Heinemann Ltd
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English