Mike Bencivenga

Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance as he secretly hopes to write a great novel only to learn that his life of booze will end all too soon.

After a woman takes her son and heads to California to escape an abusive marriage, she finds out that she's being pursued for kidnapping the boy. She must put her life and freedom on the line to protect her child.