"On July 4, 1976, in the shadow of the new World Trade Center, students George and Anna meet on the weed- and wine-fueled night of the nation's bicentennial celebration. George instandly falls for the sensual, magnetic Anna. Soon, they are a couple, dropping acid and exploring the city and each other. Yet their romance is short-lived and they go their own ways. Crazy Sorrow chronicles the next decades, following George and Anna through their various relationships, their sex lives both youthful and mature, their failed marriages, and the travails of parenthood and careers. As the years go by, one thought keeps recurring for the former lovers: each wonders what happened to the other. Finally, as the new century is beginning, they reconnect -- only to discover that history itself will have a say in whether they can stay together." -- Book jacket