New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2002). As 40-something narrator Sophy Chase begins a new relationship in New York, she learns that her almost ex-husband was found dead on a resort island in New England. Sophy must navigate her emotions, her grown stepdaughters, a lawyer and a former lover to figure out the mystery of her husband's death. A New York Times notable book, 258 pp. ISBN: 0-618-231617.