By Nightfall

Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties, denizens of Manhattan's SoHo, nearing the apogee of committee careers in the arts—he a dealer, she an editor. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy. Until Rebecca's much younger, look-alike brother, Ethan (known in the family as Mizzy, "the mistake"), comes to visit.

This poetic and compelling masterpiece is a heartbreaking look at a marriage and the way we live now. Full of shocks and after shocks, By Nightfall is a novel about the uses and meaning of beauty, and the place of love in our lives.