Scott Spencer

First published in 1979, and hailed as "one of the best books of the year" by the "New York Times", this "moving story of first love (is) everything a novel should be" ("Chicago Tribune").

When Fielding Pierce, making his way in the Chicago DA's office, is offered a chance to run for Congress, his ambition conflicts with his sense of moral purpose, a purpose embodied in his relationship with political activist Sarah Williams.

A struggling writer, Sam Holland, 40, finally scores bestsellerdom with a novel on visitors from outer space. The novel follows him as he becomes sucked into the cyclone of hype and his life spins out of control. By the author of Walking the Dead.

"Since their college days, Kip Woods has been infatuated with Thaddeus Kaufman, who, years later, is a married father of two children and desperately trying to revive a failing career. Kip's devotion to Thaddeus has been life-defining and destiny-altering, but it has been one that Thaddeus has either failed to notice or refused to acknowledge. But over the course of this heated and mesmerizing novel, set against a background of privilege and affluence...

A rock singer's life is recounted by his bastard son. The narrator is Billy Rothschild, who interviews people for a book he is writing on the singer. The singer refused to recognize him and abandoned his mother. Still, Billy hopes to bring them together. By the author of Men in Black.

Paul Galambos is an ordinary professor of psychology, struggling to glean any degree of satisfaction or success from his family and his career - until one day he is recruited by a top-secret organization and given carte blanche to pursue experiments and studies as he sees fit, no longer confined to lab rats. This is the life that Paul was destined for, replete with money and respect, if only he can ignore the incessant pull of his conscience. Alternately...

"When beautiful Jade ... meets charismatic David ... , her sheltered world of privilege is turned upside down as the pair's instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. ... But when David's mysterious past and Jade's overprotective father threaten to tear them apart, their romance will be put to the ultimate test"--Container.

David Plante's dazzling portraits of three influential women in the literary world, now back in print for the first time in decades.
Difficult Women presents portraits of three extraordinary, complicated, and, yes, difficult women, while also raising intriguing and, in their own way, difficult questions about the character and motivations of the keenly and often cruelly observant portraitist himself. The book begins with David Plante’s...

"It's scary and stressful when it happens.... noticing changes in your parent and becoming increasingly worried about their health and safety. Maybe it's Mom leaving the stove on, Dad getting lost on his way home, or unpaid bills that trigger this realization. Or perhaps there have been falls or emergency room visits. Whatever it is, you know something's wrong. You wonder about a diagnosis. And you want your aging parent to accept help, or perhaps...