Excitable Women, Damaged Men

These astonishing stories deal with people in crisis or at turning points in their lives. Possessed by moods they barely understand, these characters confront moments of choice that determine their identities or self-worth. Typically, they are not equal to such moments, and the stories, which range from Palm Beach to Paris to a New York hotel room, trace the designs, delusions and sometimes painful fluttering of souls in turmoil.