Commitments

It only takes Sabrina Stone a few minutes conversing with investigative reporter Derek McGill on her Manhattan rooftop terrace to tell her that he's a sensitive and caring man-the kind of man she'd like to know better. The next time she meets him, Derek is in a maximum security prison-after he is convicted of murder. She comes to tell him she believes in his innocence, and although he's been hardened by his experience, he is still able to love her. But to commit herself, Sabrina must finally end her marriage and begin a fight for a man's freedom-a fight that holds no guarantees, only the promise of fulfilling all of their dreams.

Barbara Delinsky has a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University and an M.A. in sociology from Boston College. She lost her mother to breast cancer and was herself diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 1994.