Title: Nine Island
Description: Autobiographical novel told by J, a woman who lives in a glass tower on one of Miami Beach's lush Venetian Islands. After decades of disaster with men, she is trying to decide whether to withdraw forever from romantic love. Having just returned to Miami from a monthlong reunion with an old flame, "Sir Gold," and a visit to her fragile mother, J begins translating Ovid's magical stories.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, women, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Miami (fla.), fiction, New York Times reviewed
Places: Miami Beach (Fla.)