Written in a poetry style. Feel the excitement of a new college, new friends, sports through the emotions of young college students Greg and Ariel. Greg may achieve great fame as a basketball player, but Ariel on the women's team is a big challenge, in more ways than one. Former student Rea, sister to Arial, is now a music star and Kip, brother to Greg, is a professor at his alma mater. Why is it so hard to seize that moment when a best friend becomes more than a friend? And when will one have the courage to seize that moment?
The story is told as one might hear it, in all its musical quality, while sitting at Grandfather's knee. If you listen quietly while reading, see if you "hear" his voice in that deep, "sing-song" style of old: "There was a village, not far removed from the city, not far, that is, by car . . ."