A Year in Suburbia

The year starts badly for Mark Hutton who finds that his wife has left him for no reason on New Year& 39;s Eve. His mood isn& 39;t improved when an old friend arrives from Australia and insists on organising a reunion dinner for the boys who were in their class at school.That evening ends in tragedy, but throws up a ray of hope for Mark who discovers that one of the guests has married the girl he fell in love with all those years ago. And when he produces a family photograph the son bears a startling resemblance to Mark.Closeted in his own small and unprofitable bookshop, he wrestles with his problems - romantic, professional and social. And what he discovers is that a lot can happen in a year...