This is a debut novel and I enjoyed reading it. It is filled with a lot of tortured quirky characters. Foremost is college professor Tom Putnam. Tom is the most considerate and kind person on campus. You would think that good things would come to him. Instead he is living a horrific life. His wife, Marjory, has always had emotional problems. Marjory's mother Agnes knew that Tom should never have married her. Things were bad but when Marjory found out that Tom had a short-lived affair....she had a total breakdown. Agnes left her law practice to move in and help watch over Marjory. She is the talk of the town. Still Tom took her to the bookstore for the kickoff of a new program. And there Marjory meets Rose who has come to town to run the bookstore. Immediately Marjory seems drawn to her and invites her to come for dinner the next Friday night (and that is something that never happens). Tom would be anxious enough about that but he has even bigger problems. That affair he had? Well, after 10 years he has received a letter from her. She is putting his son on a train (what son?????) and he is arriving on Saturday. A readable and enjoyable novel.
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