After Norma Herr's sometimes violent schizophrenic episodes became too much to bear, Mira Bartok and her sister changed their names and cut off all contact in order to keep themselves safe. After seventeen years Mira would discover that her mother was homeless and dying. On her deathbed she gave Mira and her sister the key to a storage unit filled with items from the past, items that would trigger a flood of memories.

Private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, is on a trail that twists back on itself and she finds herself face-to-face with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder.

Emily Elizabeth explains why she loves her big red dog, Clifford.

Having agreed from the start of their relationship that they did not want children, a couple finds their previously idyllic marriage tested when the husband realizes that he wants to be a father after all.

A collection of stories, by turns hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, that lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts.