Alarming circumstances prompt Sara to leave her job at Northwestern University and her live-in partner, Larry. She disappears into northern Michigan and begins a summer job as a re-enactor at Mac Fort. There, she meets Jonathan, curator for the Parks Department. The two feel immediate rapport for each other, yet Sara fears that when Jonathan learns the truth about her past, he will sever his warm association. Among others at the Fort, Sara meets Hillary and becomes ensnared in helping the young girl after she threatens suicide. About the Author In summertime, Jean resides in Michigan near Fort Michilimackinac, hence her lifetime interest in the area. Slipping the Fold, Jean's first book, also took place in and around the same Michigan Fort. To learn more about the inner workings of the Fort, Jean volunteered for two summers to screen artifacts and observe the interpreters at work. In winter, Jean and her husband, a retired science professor, live in Manhattan, Kansas near Kansas State University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. Cover painting by Jean M. Ponte.

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Ann and six other actors travel around the country presenting a children's play, The Lost Princess. Denny, who plays the role of the king, fearing that Ann may disclose his irregular behavior, tries to force Ann into quitting by applying the silent treatment. Ann stubbornly refuses to leave the troupe, bringing upon herself dire consequences.

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Catherine's rash and unprecedented action of running off on her vacation without her husband has put her in a state of high anxiety. "She feels isolated, not just behind the car windows as she drives along, but as though stuck between two soundproof pieces of glass, flattened and sealed, separate from her brain." As proof that Charles, her husband, loves her more than his demanding job, she assumes he will immediately get in touch with her and either entreat her to return to Chicago or join her at the family cottage. He does neither for over a week and by then it is almost too late. Catherine's vulnerability and need for attention have already eased her into new relationships. Sheer loneliness and depression pull Catherine like undertow first into a sexual relationship with Luke, field supervisor at the archaeological site nearby and then into one with Morgy, a former university friend who is a lesbian. Volunteering to help screen artifacts at the local historical fort has placed Catherine in a unique position to help identify the person responsible for stealing an expensive manikin from an exhibit and also the person who attempted to sabotage the archaeological digs. Ultimately, Catherine is faced with making the momentous decision whether to return to Charles and the "fold" or begin a new lifestyle.

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