Crossing to Safety is a deceptively simple book. On the surface it is simply a story of friendship, of bonds forged through both the best of what life has to offer and the worst, of commitment, understanding, love and forgiveness. Yeah, ho- hum, where is the excitement, the scandals, the infidelities, the drunken debaucheries, the betrayal?

Then you realize it's all life. No matter what actually happens its all a part of being alive, the human experience. It's about the choices we make, the will of commitment, the glue of love that holds life together and makes for a meaningful existence. And the reckoning that one day we will either be the one who has to leave or the one that is left. And most importantly how to continue.