Donald Winter, A Novel

About the Book

Donald and Joan Winter have a house, two young children, and two cars.  Yet they find very little to talk about.  Time and the pressures of modern-day life have eroded their ability to communicate with each other.  They are no longer a loving and sensitive couple.  They have become virtual strangers.

When Donald goes on a business trip and has a fling with Janet, a stewardess, he begins to question his commitment to Joan.  Janets sexuality awakens in Don desires he thought would never again be gratified.  

Is a moribund sex-life a reason for abandoning a marriage?  

A visit to a marriage counselor brings the torment of a love-lost marriage to a head, as Donald and Joan attempt to learn what it takes to make a marriage a success.

About the Author

The author grew up in New York City, where he attended public schools. He then attended M.I.T. and in 1956 received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. In 1957 he earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering practice, also from M.I.T., and in 1966 was granted a doctorate in chemical engineering by the University of Pennsylvania. After spending eight years in the “real world” doing engineering research, he spent twenty-six years teaching high school chemistry, physics, advanced placement chemistry, and advanced placement physics at the Princeton Day School in Princeton, New Jersey. He is divorced and has two children, Ralph, a graduate of Harvard who is a middle-school teacher in a Boston public school, and Amy, who has interrupted her studies at the University of Massachusetts to bring up her five children.