A tale of privilege and deceit set against turbulent summer of 1968

[Ray Dan]

It’s the summer of 1968, and twenty-two-year old Whitney Dane is about to embark on a new life, laid out in careful detail by her loving and quite wealthy parents. The wedding, set for August, will take place on the grounds of their summer home at Martha’s Vineyard overlooking the Atlantic. Whitney’s fiancé has already joined her father’s Wall Street firm.

Then she meets Benjamin Blaine, son of a local, who despite his humble and abusive childhood, has ambitions of becoming a journalist. In her parents’ reactions to this chance encounter Whitney discovers a dark and disturbing side of privilege in America. In time she comes to see her own potential beyond the expectations of her station in life.

Set against the turbulent background of a presidential election year and two major assassinations, Richard North Patterson's "Loss of Innocence" is a coming of age tale, both for Whitney and for our nation.

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