New York, NY: Pantheon (2003)



In the two years since they were married, nothing matters more to Saul than his loving, and satisfying, relationship with Patsy. Even though they have ended up in the small town of Five Oaks, Michigan, Saul and Patsy's life together is an idyll of domestic romance. At least for a while. With the birth of their daughter, Saul feels envious of the attention Patsy lavishes on her. At the same time, his attention is being drawn away from home by one of his students a deeply troubled boy who has become darkly obsessed with Saul's life. The strange outcome of the boy's obsession leads Saul to question everything he has assumed about himself and his relationship with Patsy. Saul and Patsy brilliantly illuminates the hidden corners of both hearth and heart.