A lonely wife, an unfaithful husband, an awkward son, and his tutor...Heaven and Other Zip Codes follows the complicated relationships between lonely, thirty-something-year-old mother Searcy, her awkward prepubescent son Theo, cheating husband and disingenuous stepfather Hoit, and young, attractive, painter-turned-after-school-tutor Emerson. When anonymous letters accusing Hoit of infidelity start to arrive on the doorstep, Searcy develops feelings toward Emerson, and the family begins to fracture in the sunny Southern California suburb they call home. Will Searcy and Emerson act upon their feelings? Will Hoit's adulterous exploits come back to haunt him? Will the boys at school stop bullying Theo? And where exactly is the location of Heaven and Other Zip Codes?This contemporary novel explores family, guilt, manipulation, betrayal, and love.
