A Love story set in Paris,
New York, Aspen, Montauk and Palm Beach.

The Urgency of Now is the tale of sports photographer Pete Stanton, who is a hero, soldier, artist, and above all, a good man in love with a beautiful woman.

In this enchanting novel, author Dennis Shields has created a funny, touching, and complex saga of the twenty-first century that pays homage to Hemingway, O'Neill, and Fitzgerald while showing how a man can love a woman without losing himself.

"The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs."  ---Letter, F. Scott Fitzgerald "We value the worthless and think it holy." ---God Went Fishing "The past is the present, isn't it?  It's the future too." ---Long Day's Journey Into Night, Eugene O'Neill