As a freak winter storm bears down on an affluent, exclusive Connecticut suburb, two families, the Hoods and Williamses, struggle to cope with the emotional upheaval hidden below the surface of their select hometown. Reprint. ... read Moody's novel for the rich commentary with which the writer notes his surroundings-- the difference between looking at the floor, say, and reading this: "Shag rugs of rust and brown like fallen leaves and corroded automobiles or green and gray like cave algae or a thick beach-coating of seaweed--shag was the area rug of the area." -- Entertainment Weekly