The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
by J. P. Donleavy | 
Shannon's Way
by Archibald J. Cronin | 
Edwin Mullhouse
by Steven Millhauser | 
Women and Men
by Joseph McElroy | 
The Death of Bunny Munro
by Nick Cave | 
Toward the End of Time
by John Updike | 
Interstate
by Stephen Dixon | 
The Widow's Children
by Paula Fox | 
Reinhart in Love
by Thomas Berger |
Staring at the Sun
by Julian Barnes | 
Warlock
by Jim Harrison | 
Tideland
by Mitch Cullin | 
After Julius
by Elizabeth Jane Howard | 
When She Was Good
by Philip Roth | 
A New Life
by Bernard Malamud |
Evening in Byzantium
by Irwin Shaw | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo |
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery | 
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes |
With one act of kindness, the fate of a New York City family is forever altered - not, perhaps, for the better The Strands are a happy family, save for the occasional financial struggle. Allen, the father, has a decent job as a schoolteacher, a lovely wife, and smart, ambitious, and compassionate children. When Allen's daughter witnesses a mugging, she takes the victim back to the Strand home for help and a warm meal. The Strands have no clue that the man they are helping is Russell Hazen, a powerful and wealthy Wall Street lawyer. In his gratitude, Hazen offers gifts, vacations, networking opportunities - even plastic surgery. But with each reward comes baggage, and soon the Strands begin to lose sight of what matters most in life. Bread Upon the Waters is a masterful story about the way lives interconnect, and how every good deed, no matter how selfless, comes with a price.