Jonathan Fleishman has always been perceived as a rare politician - powerful, successful, idealistic, and genuinely committed to the good of the people. When his beloved daughter, Grace, holds him to standards politically impossible to maintain...and when his spotless record is challenged by rumors of corruption by a ruthless young journalist with whom Grace is romantically entangled, Jonathan's good life is abruptly shattered. And Grace, faced with what she believes is the betrayal of a lover who used her to get at her father, comes to realize that neither man is what he seems, even to himself. This intricately textured novel captures the emotion-packed dynamics of a family in crisis, as it measures the limits of love, loyalty, trust, and forgiveness. "Comfortably packed with complications and characters so that readers are quickly enmeshed and will be staying up all hours to see what happens next..."
Jonathan Fleishman has always been perceived as a rare politician - powerful, successful, idealistic, and genuinely committed to the good of the people. When his beloved daughter, Grace, holds him to standards politically impossible to maintain...and when his spotless record is challenged by rumors of corruption by a ruthless young journalist with whom Grace is romantically entangled, Jonathan's good life is abruptly shattered. And Grace, faced with what she believes is the betrayal of a lover who used her to get at her father, comes to realize that neither man is what he seems, even to himself. This intricately textured novel captures the emotion-packed dynamics of a family in crisis, as it measures the limits of love, loyalty, trust, and forgiveness. "Comfortably packed with complications and characters so that readers are quickly enmeshed and will be staying up all hours to see what happens next..."