Liz Richman

A teenage girl accidentally murders her abusive Step-Father in self-defense on Halloween night, 1988. She runs away from home, hoping to hitch-hike to her Aunt Laura's house. However, she's soon picked up by two unsavory men in the next county over who proceed to drug and kidnap her. She awakens in the clutches of a deranged cult deep in the woods, hellbent on sacrificing her to their God at the stroke of Midnight.

Noam Stein is a closeted teenager in a religious community who discovers he might not be alone. When he finds a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before the Holocaust, he sets out to find this mysterious person and uncover both his grandfather's identity as well as his own.

En 1993, l’ours Ted vit dans un quartier ouvrier de Boston avec son meilleur ami, John Bennett, 16 ans, ses parents et sa cousine. Ted n’a peut-être pas la meilleure influence sur John, mais au bout du compte, il est prêt à prendre tous les risques pour aider son ami et sa famille.

Une anthologie à la fois drôle, romantique, sincère, exaltante et surprenante de portraits d’immigrés aux États-Unis.