SWALLOW WINNER OF GOLD MEDAL, 2010 Living Now Book Awards, Women's FictionWINNER OF GOLD MEDAL, 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Best Regional FictionFINALIST, 2010 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, General FictionFINALIST, 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards, Regional FictionSophie Hegel is a shy New York lawyer who hails from small-town Florence Arizona, known not for the Renaissance but for housing a large prison. She's just graduated from Yale Law School and landed her first job when, one evening, during dinner with her fianc, she feels a fist-like ball form at the base of her throat. A form of the psychological condition Globus Sensate, this "fist-ball" wreaks havoc on her life, causing her difficulty eating, speaking, and eventually even breathing. With a cast of characters that includes a pornographer father, a sister with a knack for getting knocked up by denizens of the town pen, a painter of male nudes, an eccentric Sing Sing-residing client, a tough-talking fashion maven and a bevy of privileged Manhattan lawyers and judges, Swallow is a dark comedy about the distance that can separate fathers and daughters, and about a young woman's struggle to survive in a world of pedigreed professionals for which she has no preparation.