Publisher's Synopsis
Want to read what happens to three young men as they watch on a day in 1958 the grand Boston Opera House being torn down? Want to discover what it was like to take a trip to Florida in 1957 or to Ireland in 1959? How about a love affair between a boy and a girl with no touching and no kissing? Would you like to meet a young woman indecisive about her sexual identity who experiments with sex with a lesbian friend? Does this sexual problem interest you? A man and a woman who want to continue their love affair discover that the woman enjoys one type of sex and the man another. Want to discover the unique creative schedule they invent to keep each other totally satisfied? Are you Jewish or interested in Jewish history? Have you ever heard of the two main divisions of the Jewish race, the Sephardic and the Ashkenazic? Discover how these divisions relate to an Irish-Catholic politician in Boston trying to get himself elected to Congress. Want to meet a poor African-American who is overjoyed because he has a ticket to a baseball World Series game in New York city? Finally you can, if you wish, discover fear, an overwhelming fear, a fear in the soul, tormenting a young man and driving him to a desperate decision. If you read any one of these 9 short stories, you may discover ( hopefully) that you can not stop reading until the end.
