Joan Tolentino

A comedy written and Narrated by Jean Shepherd. The story involves several different events such as Ralph's first serious romance with his new neighbor, Randy playing a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play, The Old Man setting his sights on a yellow buick and the High School basketball rival game of the season.

A middle-aged housewife and mother, after spending a lifetime giving to others, decides to claim a piece for herself and enters the grueling 26-mile Boston Marathon as an obsessive means of self-expression.

Avocat déchu et alcoolique, Frank Galvin racole ses clients dans les salons funéraires jusqu'au jour où il accepte de travailler sur l'affaire d'une jeune femme victime d'une erreur médicale et plongée dans le coma. Ce dossier qui risque de provoquer un scandale et de nuire à la réputation de l'hôpital, va être pour l'avocat l'occasion de retrouver sa dignité… ou de la perdre définitivement.