The Sea of Tears

A novel of love and obsession delves into the hidden world of six lonely people living and working in a hotel: Iraqi native Jedra, a boiler-room worker, pines for Phyllis, the front-desk clerk, who mysteriously remembers heaven; Iranian engineer Khouri attends a conference and meets Patricia, a single mother and hotel maid; and Daniel sequesters himself in this room to be with his memories of Brazil, until the hotel chef, Lesile Downing, knocks on his door. Reprint.