Returning

Dan Wakefield. Penguin Books, $9 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-14-011727-1

At age 48, Wakefield awoke screaming in panic. He fled from Hollywood to Boston in search of treatment for stress, and later for a deeper malady: spiritual emptiness. ``Eloquently, he re-creates his initial steps in regaining his religious faith,'' commented PW , finding this a ``compelling testament.'' Author tour. (Feb.)

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