This novel probes the reckless impulses behind an extramarital affair, from an author who is "an heir to Updike and Cheever" (Robert Wiersema, author of Bedtime Story and Before I Wake) Ronnie is a hairdresser who has tried to become a better person to please her fianc -- healthier, well behaved, free of her old bad habits like smoking cigarettes, eating red meat, and indulging in the occasional line of cocaine. As the...