New York: Viking, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - New England author's fourth novel, the story of a 30 year old woman toughened by loneliness, one who lives in the midst of chaos of her own making. Author Maggie Paley in the NY Times commented "It turns out that Fiona's quest, with its echoes of fairy tale and myth, was all along exerting a much deeper pull than the reader, diverted by shopping trips and arguments with fussy neighbors, could have imagined. That, at least, is one way to explain the power of the ending, when after 400-odd pages a novel that has settled for being not as good as it could be becomes extraordinary.. . Lies and secrets have tainted the upstanding Hollis family, and the ripples are felt throughout the town. In its chilling last pages the novel serves as a reminder: no one is safe from the pain of missed opportunities and misunderstood intentions and, the saddest thing of all, love gone wrong." 418 pp. ISBN: 0-670891568.