Bertrand Baxter is a confident, successful sporting-goods salesman who feels entirely at ease among men, yet remains baffled by women, including his wife, Rolanda, and their four daughters. One exhausted night, while listening for baby Annie's late feeding, he silently urges her to go back to sleep—and to his astonishment, she does. Over the following nights, Baxter discovers that his thoughts can soothe the infant from afar, suggesting a startling telepathic bond. As he tests the connection, he learns he can sense Annie's hunger, discomfort, and need for reassurance, and even glimpse the world through her eyes. The experience thrills him with an intimacy he has never found with adult women, and he begins to imagine that his daughter's mind may hold the key to understanding womankind. But as Annie grows, the link becomes less simple: by three months old, she starts resisting his mental presence, and when he tries to reach her at bedtime, she responds with distress. Baxter's extraordinary gift may be real—but it may also be unwelcome, fragile, and far beyond his control. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.