IN THESE DIVERSE TALES THE FOLLOWING THEMES: OF LOVE AND LOSS, INNOCENCE AND GUILT, EVIL AND DEATH, DRUGS AND SEX, RELATIONSHIPS AND CHANGE, PATHOS AND HUMOR AND SATIRE---ALL INSIGHTFULLY TOLD. THE INNER THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, ACTIONSAND INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIORS OF TRUE TO LIFE CHARACTERS---GOOD, BAD AND OFTEN BOTH---OF ALL AGES, LIVING URBAN TO RURAL: IN THE U.S.A., EUROPE, AND SOUTH AMERICA. ******************************************FOLLOW THESE PAGES TO SURVIVE THE CRISES, MOURN THE LOSSES, AND LIVE THE LIVES.