What is the setting in the novel, Love is a Higher Law?

While cities are backdrops to any novel, in the case of Love is the Higher Law, New York City is a full-fledged character. The damage - the tragedy - is borne by the city. After the towers fall, the skyline is not the same. The people are not the same. Tourism is not the same. The sense of safety, of security, is not the same. And the city of millions of strangers becomes a little bit more of a community.