The Low Road

227 pp. "Clay Treman and his wife Karen, living on a wooded farm on the shore of a lake, are expecting their first baby. The anticipated event it a matter of great importance not only to them but to their nearest neighbors--Carl Swenson, a vineyardist who clings persistently against reason to the old ways, and Andy, a bachelor, modern and progressive, who owns an adjoining orchard. The drama of these several lives, moving through crisis and fulfillment, tragedy and contentment, has the quality of experience intimately observed. ...This narrative of a young couple seeking to find themselves in a confused world... is an adventure story of the spirit--contemporary, moving--memorable for its character portrayals and its warm feeling for nature as a source of life."