Molly Hanner's husband no longer loves her. Thus begins the unraveling of their marriage and life as she knew it. To cope, Molly, a painter and mother of three, begins taking astronomy classes to calm her. Her divorce sets off a chain of events involving her children, a man who lives in the woods, and a fatal fire.Elizabeth Cox is the author of one story collection and three novels, including Night Talk, winner of the Lillian Smith Award. Born and raised in Chattanooga, she lived in Durham, North Carolina, for almost thirty years and taught at Duke University for seventeen years. She currently lives in Littleton, Massachusetts, with her husband.