A map of the harbor islands - J G Hayes

The long-awaited novel from J. G. Hayes, the critically acclaimed bestselling author of This Thing Called Courage and Now Batting for Boston charts the turbulent lives of two South Boston friends, Danny O'Connor and Petey Harding, from their childhoods through their adult lives. Golden Boy Petey has it all going for him - brains, charisma, and his close friendship with Danny. Then an accident on the baseball field changes everything. Petey wakes from a coma a different person, completely different from the boy Danny knew and loved.