Faded Acts of Love

It is not until he meets Adrienne that Peters pessimistic expectations about women finally lift. After she and Peter marry, all seems safe and idealuntil their two-year-old son, Nicholas, plunges to his death from the balcony of their Manhattan apartment. As the aura of happiness that surrounds Adrienne and Peter abruptly shatters, they fl ounder in the darkness of grief, barely able to fathom their loss. Together they realize that their best hope for recovery is to have another child and, fourt