With the delicacy, compassion, and

wisdom with which he has portrayed

the passions and frustrations of both

the family and the clergy in today s

society, Andrew Greeley now writes a

powerful love story for and about

adults-a love so enduring that it lasts

through forty years separation...so in-

domitable that it prevails over the

forces of natural catastrophe and de-

monic possession.

This is the story of Anne Reilly and

Michael Casey, schoolchildren when

they first tasted desire...an experience

so overwhelming that neither of them

has ever forgotten it...so frightening

that both of them have been running

from it ever since. Now in her middle

years, Anne is a strikingly beautiful

woman who suddenly discovers the

full ripening of her intense sensuality

...a woman for whom the Church has

been the source both of her terrible

anguish and the strength that holds

her together.