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I recently finished my novel REUNION which imagines a broken-down America where privileged citizens live in walled-in communities designed to protect them from violence and disease, where the food is healthy, the water’s clean, and children attend top-notch schools.  Tilda Reiss, a third-grade teacher newly married and pregnant, and her husband Roger, a recently retired pro baseball player, have just moved into such a community in New Liberty, N.Y., one of thousands of SafeHavens built and operated by the monolithic healthcare corporation LifeSpan.  The honeymoon ends abruptly when Tilda discovers that her long-lost father and brother are still alive and she becomes obsessed with the idea of escaping the heavily-secured town to see them again.  Her impulsive efforts set in motion a cascade of events that cause LifeSpan’s picture-perfect façade to fall apart, and result in Tilda finding her own revolutionary voice.  Ultimately, Tilda and Roger must choose between accepting a corrupt system or venturing out into a riskier but more diverse and equitable world.

(News posted on Sept. 2020)