Still grieving over the death of their son, who had killed himself ten years before, Morgan, a union activist turned garbage collector, and his pol-sci professor wife, Zhenya, have settled into a static existence, whose routine is shaken by the pregnancy of their teenage daughter and by the arrival of Zhenya's father, a Russian 幦igr�writer who turns their lives upside down. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.