Magic and Grace

Gibb Chapman had it all: a lovely and loving wife, a new daughter, a beautiful home in a Florida beach town, and a monthly stipend from his wealthy, eccentric mother. He thought it couldn't get much better-until the novel he'd been writing for years is published to much hype and hoopla. But when he lets his new celebrity status go to his head, Gibb finds out just how quickly fortunes can change. His perfect life comes to an abrupt end with a lip-splitting left-hook from his betrayed (and aerobicized) wife. Assorted trials quickly multiply, as if he is being tested by vengeful gods with a wicked sense of humor: Can he keep his mother from stealing another car? Can he get the angry religious groups to stop picketing his house? Can he keep his daughter safe from speeding tourist trolleys? And can he win back the love of his life by proving that he has never stopped adoring her? MAGIC AND GRACE is an adult comedy/drama, a coming-of-age novel about people coming into middle-age--and maybe finally resolving the issues that have dogged them until now.