Numbed by her unintentional role in the death of a young girl, Effie leaves New England and drifts from city to city, until she learns her boyfriend has died, and then she returns home to find salvation in the pain she left behind.
The Bonfire of the Vanities for 2010! A powerful, deeply involving novel of the modern world - a world in crisis, where individual humanity is pitted against the global marketplace.
When 9-year-old Joe is unexpectedly elected prime minister, he quickly discovers that to negotiate the pitfalls of modern politics, you have to compromise. But how can he stay true to what he believes? From the author of The Little Driver.