The Cufflink

A father, a daughter, and a secret. Frederick Green wants more than anything to succeed, first for his immigrant parents and then for himself, but when the young lawyer is drawn into a family scandal by his unscrupulous but powerful father-in-law, he must choose between his budding career and his marriage. The choices he makes lead him in unexpected directions; but when his daughter, Samantha, learns his secret, the threads of Fred's seemingly perfect life begin to unravel. Samantha must decide whether to confront him or whether to become complicit in his secrecy. Ultimately, she must take the measure of the counterweight of Fred's secrets against the man she thought she knew.

A must-read multigenerational family saga spanning the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, The Cufflink traces the colorful history of the Green Family, drawing a rich range of characters in a cohesive series of vignettes that are at once moving, dramatic, and often hilarious. The chance loss of a cufflink inextricably links a young lawyer, Fred Green, to arson. After overcoming early prejudice to achieve his Ivy League goals and marry into one of Philadelphia's wealthiest families, Fred is drawn into a scandal by his unscrupulous but powerful father-in-law. Fred closes his wounds with a heavy bandage of secrecy; but when his daughter, Samantha, learns his secret, the threads of Fred's seemingly perfect life begin to unravel. The cufflink, both literally and symbolically, will follow Fred to his grave. Samantha's love for her father triumphs despite her recognition of his human frailty

Susan Bolch is an attorney specializing in energy and environmental law. A native of Philadelphia, she is a magna cum laude graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University and Georgetown University Law Center where she received a fellowship to teach legal research and writing and served as editor of The American Criminal Law Review. She is from a family of lawyers and currently resides in Naples, Florida with her husband and maintains homes in Atlanta, Georgia and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She is the proud mother of three children. Susan is a thirty year board member of Camp Sunshine and the Chairman of the Board of the Boys & Girls Club of Collier County. Susan is co-founder and member of the board of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke University Law School. She also is the author of the acclaimed illustrated children's book, Cousins. www.susanbolch.com