A new collection of short fiction by the author of Winter's Tale features sixteen stories that profile such colorful characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, a female reservist with the Israeli army searching for love, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment. 40,000 first printing.

Born in 1947 and educated at Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford, Mark Helprin served in the Israeli army, Israeli Air Force, and British Merchant Navy. He is the author of, among other titles, A Dove of the East and Other Stories, Refiner's Fire, Ellis Island and Other Stories, Winter's Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, and Memoir from Antproof Case. Throughout the '80s, Tim successfully launched and represented dozens of products both nationally and regionally throughout the retail industry. Tim serves on the national board for The Center for Faithwalk Leadership, a nonprofit organization cofounded by Ken Blanchard. He is a certified facilitator of Leadership Encounter, a two-day, faith-based workshop for businesses and individuals developed by The Center for Faithwalk Leadership and based on Leadership by the Book by Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels, and Phil Hodges. Tim resides in the San Diego area with his wife, Maria, and their daughters, Sara, Sheila, and Susie. They are his "delight and the center of his universe."