Tells the story of three Chicagoans--a disturbed young woman, an alcoholic opera singer, and an idealistic psychiatrist--whose lives are changed by a mysterious woman.
Three generations of a family struggle with loyalty, commitment, and identity when Camilla Dickinson is confronted by her granddaughter, Raffi, with the news that her father has hinted that Camilla is not really her grandmother.
Joe and Clarissa Rose's spring idyll in the park is cut short when Joe helps rescue a child from a balloon accident, one man is killed, and Joe becomes the target of suspicion and ultimately an assassination attempt.
An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler.
An enormous desk, once the property of a young poet who was kidnapped by Pinochet's secret police, becomes an inspiration and an obsession to the people whose lives it touches.
Alice McGuire's secure and privileged world is torn apart after her best friend and soul mate vanishes on a trip to Mexico and she sets out to find answers.
Presents the unabridged texts of two short stories by Herman Melville, including "Bartleby," a moral allegory set in the business world of mid-nineteenth-century New York; and "Benito Cereno," a parable of man's struggle against the forces of evil.
George Hall is ready to settle down to a comfortable retirement, until his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces she is marrying someone George disapproves of, and George is diagnosed with a devastating illness.
After Will's friend dies and he is beaten by anonymous attackers, he decides to travel around the world with his friend, Hand, share adventurous antics, and give money to poor strangers that they encounter along the way.
