title: To the Precipice
author: Rossner, Judith
description: From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Looking for Mr. Goodbar  comes an enthralling tale of money, love, and one woman's quest to have both in a world that wants her to have neither.  Young, beautiful Ruth Kossoff is drawn dangerously by two equal desiresthe love of her best friend David Landau, and wealth enough to take her from her family's tenement home. When she sacrifices one to marry the wealthy Walter Stamm, she finds herself still greedy for life and love and willing to risk everything she has worked towards for a chance to be with David again.