The Usual Rules
Thirteen year old Wendy is devastated the day her mother does not return from the office. She and her mother have been close ever since her father left before Wendy was born. Wendy lives in New York and the day her mother does not return is September 11, 2001.
Her stepfather, a nurturing man who makes his living playing the Slap Bass in Jazz Clubs is left to help Wendy and his own son, Louis, through this heartbreaking time. For weeks, the Stepfath...
