Author Description

After duty in Vietnam, Paul Hirschmann of Jackson, Michigan, returns to college for his law degree. He marries his college sweetheart, Sheilah Goodman of Lake City, Wisconsin, where for three years she has been an anthropologist. An outing to relieve the tedium of mothering two small children results in an accident. Paul moves his family to Lake City where he meets Lee Heider, secretary, in the District Attorney´s Office. Lee has divorced her philandering husband. When Judge Masterson makes sexual advances toward her, Lee confides in Paul.