Sam's crossing

Sam's Crossing is a tremendously appealing first novel, a book of vibrant characters and great good humor. Set in Atlanta, the pulse center of the New South, it has already won the acclaim of other writers and should please readers in every section of the country. Our two principals are Kate and Sam. She works in the neonatal unit of a hospital. Day in, day out, Kate has to cope with ailing infants, upset and sometimes grieving parents, truly serious matters. Sam, meanwhile, works in a local bookstore. He has vague ambitions to write but seems content to float in the congenial, undemanding…