The Educated Heart

Any woman who has ever known a big teddy bear of a man with a zany sense of humor will fall in love with Norman. Readers may be angry at Bobbie Bloom when she rejects him and marries his handsome, urbane friend Philip. They may even say, "Serves her right!" when Philip turns out to be a womanizer, but they will empathize when he and his girlflriend are murdered by her husband, and Bobbie is compelled by a deathbed promise to adopt their premature infant. Bobbie has just begun to overcome her reluctance to care for the baby when the nanny abducts the little girl and disappears. Norman re-enters her life as a friend, providing emotional support as the FBI searches for the missing child. When the child is recovered at last, Norman and Bobbie are overjoyed, but now they must face the fears and regrets associated with their long-lost love.