“Life is a series of remembered impressions.” With this simple
phrase, author Charles Dubow summarizes his alluring and elegant
tale of love, loyalty and betrayal. A founding editor of
Forbes.com, Dubow has composed an addictive first novel that
keeps the reader guessing with the turn of each page. Told by a
third-person narrator, the story slowly pieces together memories
that reveal trouble within a seemingly perfect marriage.  The
novel begins in a Gatsby-esque setting of extravagant parties,
flowing cocktails and intelligent conversation during a summer
in the Hamptons. Our narrator, Walter, is a successful attorney
and longtime friend of award-winning author Harry Winslow and
his lovely wife, Maddy, who met while they were all students at
Yale. A wedding and a child later, the couple still possesses
the kind of love that seems pure and unfaltering to all who
witness it. Then Harry meets Claire. Young and zealous, Claire’s
addition to their group of friends ultimately marks each of
their lives forever.  Wh