The Rites of Man

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>You're in for a great ride of twists and turns. A novel for our time. Irresistible.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Odile Hellier author of <em>Village Voices</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sherry McManus a New York photographer of musicians in concert has been around the block in love. As she begins a relationship with Thomas G. Paine she asks herself: Is the pursuit of happiness worth the risk? Tom a formerly best-selling author who hasn't published a book in seven years is trying to get his life back on track a year after separating from his wife. Although unrelated to Tom Paine the revolutionary he has built his career publishing novels under the titles of his famous namesake: </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Common Sense</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The American Crisis</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Sherry and Tom play a game in bed telling stories as a prelude to sex. As he at last begins a new book neither can imagine that their entanglement will upend both their lives and spark a national conversation about artistic legitimacy and the rights of women.</span></p><p></p>