Trespass Author:Valerie Martin Two women, Chloe Dale, an artist comfortably ensconced in bucolic suburbia, and Salome Drago, a wily, seductive refugee from a country that no longer exists, confront each other in a Manhattan restaurant, and the battle lines are drawn. Toby Dale, son of the artist and ardent suitor of the refugee, is in no position to choose sides. Outside, the... more » drumbeats for the impending invasion of Iraq drown out all argument, and those who object will soon be reduced to standing in the street.
The story of two families - suspicious, territorial, naive in their confidence that they are free of the past - Trespass unfolds with commanding force. It is a bracing, tender novel for the 21st century.« less