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Collection of ten stories focusing on the frustrations and joys of people living in poverty and uncertainty in places like the barrios of the Dominican Republic and urban communities of New Jersey.

Newark private detective Tamara Hayle finds herself trapped in a maze of secrets and half-truths when she agrees to try and discover who has been stalking respected radio talk-show host Mandy Magic, a woman who has literally talked herself out of poverty.

A coming-of-age novel about a twelve-year-old Asian-American boy learning about sex at his working-class parents' New Jersey motel.

A collection of short stories by Beatriz Rivera that feature Hispanic women consumed by love and an intense thirst for life.

Future doctor Steve Giegerich discusses how he coped with his Medical Gross and Developmental Anatomy course, one of the most feared classes in medical school.

Young bus driver Andre Bolden witnesses a murder on his route and finds himself torn between keeping the code of silence enforced on the streets of Jersey City or telling what he knows to the police.

Visiting his family's summer home on the New Jersey shore, Jack begins to work through his feelings about his father's death in Afghanistan and to find his place among the cousins and other relatives he had never before met.

Tells the story of three friends from the inner city of Newark, New Jersey, who made a pact in high school to find a way to go to college and become doctors, and who overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve their goal, and inspire others.

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself up against her archenemy and rival bail bondsman Joyce Barnhardt when she attempts to bring in a revenge-seeking waitress wanted for bail jumping, theft, and extortion, but things really heat up when circumstances force Stephanie to move in with former and sometimes lover, Joe Morelli.