Friend Of The Family
Description
Pete Dizinoff has spent years working toward a life thatwould be, by all measures, deemed successful. A skilledinternist, he's built a thriving practice in suburban New Jersey.He has a devoted wife, a network of close friends, an impressivehouse and, most important, he has a son, Alec, on whom he'spinned all his hopes. Pete has afforded Alec every opportunity,bailed him out of close calls with the law, and even ensured hisacceptance into a good college.
But Pete never counted on the wild card: Laura, his bestfriend's daughter. Ten years older than Alec, irresistibly beautiful,with a past so shocking that it's never spoken of, Laura setsher sights on Alec, who falls under her spell. And with that,Pete sees his plans for his son not just unravelling but beingcompletely destroyed. Believing he has only the best of intentions,he sets out to derail this romance and rescue his son. Buthe could not have foreseen how his whole world would shatterin the process.
About this Author
LAUREN GRODSTEIN is the author of the collection The Best of Animals and a novel, Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love, which was both a Breakout Book selection from Amazon.com and a Borders Original Voices pick. Her work has been translated into German, Italian and French. She teaches creative writing at Rutgers University at Camden.
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