by Estelle Rauch (Author)
We meet Sally as a young Barnard student struggling to escape from her parents' troubled relationship. She embraces healthy distance in Stanford Law, only to be pulled back into the family drama via her father's disappearance. Eventually, joining her Israel-born physician boyfriend, she travels to Israel, where some of her father's secret life is revealed. Via the FBI, she helps trap her dad, who is returned to NY for trial. Sally's own life seems on hold, until circumstances free her up to look at her own emotional struggles; this help her leave one relationship, and embark on her search for a healthier professional and emotional life.
Author Biography
Estelle H Rauch, now a retired widow lives with her maltepoo Olivia in Naples, Florida and Chautauqua, NY. She had a long career as a psychotherapist and adjunct professor in an advanced clinical social work program at Adelphi University, LI through 2000. Shifting from writing for her profession, Estelle reinvented herself toward fiction after purchasing a winter home in Naples. For years hosting a writers' group in her home, she has also co-led a Writers' Salon, and taught the novel and short story courses in an adult program at Hodges University.