Some Time Around Four-Thirty

A Novel

Some Time Around Four-Thirty is not a romance novel. Dont expect a love story hidden within its pages. Instead, its about Wood and Four-Thirty, two people who coexist, oblivious of the empty lives that they lead. Wood is a onetime college professor, who, after the unexpected death of his fiance and their unborn child, walked straight from a classroom and into a bottle. Four-Thirty, his companion, is an aging prostitute at the end of her career. She, overwhelmed by guilt, is haunted by a deformity caused by a childhood accident, the disappearance of her abusive father, and surrendering a baby for adoption when she herself was a child. Through them we meet Dr. Lap, Woods old college roommate and former colleague, who shows up one day on Woods doorstep, hoping to escape his own demons. Oria is Four-Thirtys second child. She is seeking her own niche, but is thrown off track when she comes face to face with one of her mothers johns. And then theres Jordan, an ex-convict who was abandoned at eight by his adoptive mother, searching for his past. Together, Wood, Four-Thirty, and a host of colorful characters, weave a spicy tale of loss and the search for redemption. Their only obstacle is life itself.