David at Thirty

<I>David at Thirty</I> tells the story of a young man who likes his life in order-a man not comfortable with surprises or the mercurial twists of fate. But one September as he begins his thirtieth year his life is set to undergo drastic change. </p><P>Divorced the father of a ten-year-old boy with congenital heart disease he suddenly has to deal with a past he thought comfortably behind him. His ex-wife a capricious woman given to periods of madness cannot deal with the fact that their son Paul is going to die so David is forced to care for a young boy he scarcely knows. </p><P>At the Connecticut community college where he teaches English David becomes involved with three haunted lives: a back-to-school older woman who becomes infatuated with him; a bright engaging Latino man hell-bent on self-destruction; and the pretty young music teacher Lois a mysterious woman David doggedly pursues hoping for an affair. Each of these characters pushes David to question the placid uneventful life he has created for himself. </p><P>As the year moves on-and his son begins to die-David finds himself shaken to the core of his being as he watches his careful world spiral out of control.</p>