Jared Oldman is almost fifty, divorced, and perfectly content with his solitary bachelor life. He's living in a cabin in the woods, making furniture and turning wood on the lathe at his pace, by his own rules. Then one night, young Miss Winter slides off the road in the snow near his place, and he finds out just what he's been missing.
A McPhail Future Story Maura has been 'Wiped Clean' of her memories - a self imposed solution to her guilty conscience. An implant in her head keeps her compliant to a life of obedience and humility on the 'New Holland' colony. The implant is unpleasant, even in this peaceful setting, but it becomes a much greater liability when Maura finally escapes her self-imposed exile.
In the distant future, shoe-nut and space pilot Galina Barding meets a famous shoe designer and offers him a ride aboard her starship; much sex and many mishaps follow, including an unexpected pregnancy and Galina being trapped in a pair of very strange shoes.
An Eddie and Patricia Story Eddie discovers that his mother is a bit of a wanton slut who feels ignored by his father. Eddie decides to provide his mother a strong hand.
The story of two young people who meet, fall in love, get married and find they have a mutual interest in boxing, but from two different points of view.