Young Jay Dickson has not had it easy. But his frenemy, Jane Hardwick turns out to be more friend than enemy as he relates the toughest couple of weeks in his young life.
After his mother's death, John withdraws from the world, taking a job as a projectionist in an odd, little Tribeca movie theater. Dana comes there night after night, looking for something in the old movies he plays. Together, they decide whether they want anything to do with the world anymore.
Young Trevor had a lot to learn about life and love. While he was born into relative wealth during the depression, he had a ways to go before he would mature.
Steve and Emily take summer jobs as camp counselors. One of Steve's responsibilities is astronomy instructor for the boys. Emily draws duty for the girls. As unlikely a pair as can be found, Steve and Emily hit it off anyway. A romance for the rest of us.
A divorced dad makes an interesting find on the way home from dropping his kids off, when a simple gesture of helping two college girls with a flat tire turns into a very unique and promising situation.
Raised as a girl in the New South, Dani is a freeborn black living the Confederate Dream, but when her father's white boss takes the lovely transsexual as his own, she quickly discovers the pleasure and cruelty of being a 21st century slave.