Updated edition with a new bonus story!

“There was something to be said for ignoring a facet of life until the moment you most desperately needed it."

A young woman reflects on the moment her father deserted her as a child at a baseball game, and the reason she still goes back to watch.

A divorced father encounters someone unexpected at a train station.

A Jewish girl mourns the passing of her great-grandmother, only to discover the value in the legacy she left behind.

Each character in this collection of stories has a unique experience with a loved one, but what they take away from those moments is far more important than the event itself.

From debut author J.S. Rosen comes a brief but impactful array of tales about familial relationships and the incidents that can unravel them—or oftentimes, make them stronger.