After the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte, must take in the illegitimate child he fathered with a mistress, who is now deceased, the two-year-old's arrival puts stress on their marriage, and soon each begins to stray, all the while suspecting the other of infidelities.
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
Includes an excerpt from the author's The Prodigal son (p. [305]-319).