Mass market paperback edition of this novel set in turn-of-the-century Boston, and concerning the torrid affair between a fifteen year-old girl and a friend of her father"s, and its far-reaching consequences. A tender, evocative rites-of-passage tale, shot through with beautifully descriptive passages, which should only serve to help Anita Shreve"s burgeoning reputation as a writer of true quality. "Exceptionally fine, amazingly evocative" "The Express".