Final Payments - Softcover

"A first class writer. . . . A splendid balancing act of the intellect and the emotions on a high-tension wire."--The New York Times

"A novel of great vitality and wit. . . . It can be read on many levels and enjoyed on every one of them." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"Incredibly perceptive and good."--Houston Chronicle

"Every so often a first novel of extraordinary quality . . . becomes a commercial as well as artistic success. . . . It couldn't happen to a better novel."--Los Angeles Times

When Isabel Moore's father dies, she finds herself, at the age of thirty, suddenly freed from eleven years of uninterrupted care for a helpless man. With all the patterns of her life suddenly rendered meaningless, she turns to childhood friends for support, gets a job, and becomes involved with two very different men. But just as her future begins to emerge, her past throws up a daunting challenge.

A moving story of self-reinvention, Final Payments is a timeless exploration of the nature of friendship, desire, guilt, and love.