Tiny Ladies

Proof copy. 8vo. 216pp. Pictorial wraps.

A stark and suspenseful novel about remorse, the ironies of intervention and the terrible courage needed to start over again. Author's only novel, utilizing some of his own experiences as a social worker in San Francisco. Klein, a musician, also composed a set of songs to accompany the book, released as the 2003 CD, Tiny Ladies, "an immediate, accessible pop record," according to Tim Whalley, president of Interscope Records. "The writing is often brutally exquisite. Carrie's numbed despair is very skillfully rendered, and the gradually accreting structure of the numerous flashback scenes carry an impressive raw emotional charge." –Kirkus Reviews