A year in suburbia

the long version

"The year starts badly for Mark Hutton when his wife leaves him on New Year's Eve. It doesn't help when an old friend arrives from Australia and organizes a reunion dinner for the old boys in their class at school. That evening ends in tragedy, but Mark discovers that one of the guests married the girl he fell in love with all those years ago. And a family photograph reveals that the son bears a startling resemblance to Mark. Closeted in his bookshop, he wrestles with his problems - romantic, professional and social - but a lot can happen in a year ..."--BOOK COVER.