Call it revelation. Call it a flash of stunning insight. Call it Rearranging. It is a moment, an episode, that bends the mind and heart from old patterns to new. In nine stories, nine quite different people confront such moments and emerge shaken but stronger. Relationships between boys and girls, the crumbling of friendships, the reality of death, truths about family life and human need all help to drive these stories -- whether funny, sad, venturesome, or provocative -- and reveal life as it is.
Call it revelation. Call it a flash of stunning insight. Call it Rearranging. It is a moment, an episode, that bends the mind and heart from old patterns to new. In nine stories, nine quite different people confront such moments and emerge shaken but stronger. Relationships between boys and girls, the crumbling of friendships, the reality of death, truths about family life and human need all help to drive these stories -- whether funny, sad, venturesome, or provocative -- and reveal life as it is.