Valerie Martin

Chloe Dales's growing dislike of her college-age son Toby's romantic relationship with Salome Drago, a Croatian refugee who is a seductive but somehow toxic blend of the old world and the new, threatens to alienate her from her tolerant husband and besotted son, just as the dangerous secrets of Salome's past bring darkness into all of their lives. 40,000 first printing.

A Novel

Trespass

Melody Izard

In less than 300 pages Trespass includes the Croatian war, the volatile relationship between mothers and daughters, the critical way mothers view their son’s girl friends and wives, (actually it’s pretty damn hard on mothers all the way around) the social life of college professors, the difficulties of illustrating Wuthering Heights, a poacher who could be Lebanese, becoming a widower, and how adultery can really muck things up. The author can be rather herky-jerky when bouncing around these themes and situations but all-in-all a quick little (and sometimes complex) read that I definitely recommend.

Trespass A Novel