In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her.

In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her.

A fear Paul had transformed all these years, like a gifted alchemist, into anger and rebellion.

Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.

It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started.

Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe thats why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.

That there were other worlds, invisible, unknown, beyond imagination even, was a revelation to him.