Me and You

Self-destructive Gwen weans herself from booze, works at freelance portraiture and has a secret love affair in a narrative interspersed with flashbacks to her troubled adolescence with an adored, alcoholic father. ``Diehl writes convincingly about both alcohol addiction and the joys of erotic love. While descriptions of Gwen's alienation sometimes become tedious, Diehl's insights into an alcoholic's roller-coaster personality are absorbing,'' said PW. (July)