Grace is a beautiful, troubled woman, a mystery viewable only by the reflections of others. Central to the novel is the revelation of her story by others - her alcoholic husband David, her friends, her sister, her lover, and her colleagues at the hospital where she is a physicians assistant. Their reflections disclose how she has drifted from both her first love and her calling as a researcher. As her marriage unravels, Graces life fragments. Shes attacked and injured by a drug-addled patient, her father appears to be failing mentally, and her daughter is injured. When she learns that Colter,...