The many material fetishisms of modern life never satisfy or replace our individual desires, so these characters attempt to offer new ways of looking at the world. While the stories are told realistically, they sometimes adopt elements of the whimsical and surreal. For these characters nothing is certain. The stories illuminate aspects of ourselves as human beings, as Americans (whatever our origins), and as citizens in a quickly changing world.  A multi-voiced text with stories told from varying perspectives and from a range of characters.