Prologue

Manuel and Lupe want to have a baby. When Manuel discovers he is infertile, he starts to fall apart both physically and emotionally. After exploring...

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's...

A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.

Three years after his love story ended, Sadali chooses a quiet life as a painter in Magelang and prepares for the most important exhibition of his...

Lawrence, a former amateur boxer with dementia, fights for his tie to his own identity; while his daughters grapple with the decision of whether...

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on...

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to...

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two...

In the 1970s, a bubbly photographer falls in love with a charming man, only to realize that he's not the person she believed him to be.

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the...

Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're...