New York: Norton, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one which "evokes the Vietnam War protests and drug culture of the '60s, while recounting a touching story." Close friends from childhood, Rachel Rothstein and Jake Marsh have maintained their relationship . . Jake leaves Yale and goes to Canada to evade the draft, but they remain in touch, and whenshe reaches a crisis in her marriage, Rachel runs to Jake, the "friend" who has always been there for her. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-393025454.