Greene, Thomas Christopher

Nathan Carter, at loose ends after the death of his father and the failure of another romance, moves from Boston to Eden, Vermont, where he is befriended by cranky seventy-nine-year-old Wallace Fiske who tells him a story that helps Carter put his own life back in order.

"Found wandering naked and mentally traumatized in Central Park, the headmaster of an elite boarding school imparts a story that is shaped by complicated memories, the evolution of a loving relationship, and a tragedy he cannot comprehend."--Provided by OCLC.

Anthony Lopes, a Rhode Island seventeen-year-old set for a life as a fisherman like his late father, causes a man's death while robbing a mansion with his best friend and becomes darkly obsessed with the man's daughter, who does not know the role he played in her father's death, seeking to atone his sin by gaining her forgiveness and love.