Lamb, Wally

Felix, a film scholar, reflects on the women in his life through film against the backdrop of a convergence of politics, feminism, pop culture, Hollywood, and family secrets.

For most of his life Dominick Birdsey has been living in the shadow of his schizophrenic identical twin, Thomas, but when Thomas commits a violent act that affects both their lives, Dominick decides to leave his home and search for his true identity.

High school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife Maureen are both employed at Columbine High School but it is she that is caught up in the shootings while he is away on a trip. Maureen survives but later, due to stress-related drug addiction, accidentally kills a young boy while driving. While Maureen is in jail, Caelum uncovers his ancestor's diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings revealing a past of secrets, guilt, and grief.

An anthology of writings by women prisoners in Connecticut's York Correctional Institution who participated in a writing workshop taught by novelist Wally Lamb.

Anna Oh, a middle-age wife, mother and artist, divorces her husband after 27 years of marriage to marry Vivica, the Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

A young girl spends most of her time eating and in front of the TV, but changes her attitude when she enters womanhood at 257 pounds.

Fifth Grader Felix Funicello experiences several memorable days prior to Christmas in Three Rivers, Connecticut in 1964.

After his wife Maureen, a nurse at Columbine High School survived the 1999 student shooting incident, Caelum Quirk moves her to his family's farm in Three Rivers, but while Maureen struggles to recover her sanity, Caelum unearths old diaries, letters, and newspapers--representing five generations of his family's history--hidden in the house.