In this compelling collection of stories, we find immigrants everywhere: in the poignant and doomed relationships between the documented and undocumented; in a squalid encampment by the Rio Grande, where a young mother sends her daughter over the bridge to the U.S. alone; in multicultural New York, where an old woman obsessed with anti-Semitism during the Black Death faces a moral dilemma when her housekeeper asks to borrow money to bail out her undocumented brother; and in a New England home, where bats in the attic are threatening the last vestiges of stability for a divorced and desperate middle-aged white woman and her twenty-something Chinese American tenant.

These stories explore the deep ambiguities in how we perceive each other. Readers will grow to love Friedman’s characters, despite their flaws, as they grapple toward a deeper caring for the world around them. (Creators Press, 2023)

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Excerpts from Amazon Reviews:

“…thought provoking, highly readable stories, which explore the fraught topic of immigration from many angles. Friedman’s writing is graceful, poetic, and assured.”

“…an amazing tapestry of stories with vivid personalities and gripping storylines, and lots to ponder. I downloaded the book on Kindle last night and couldn’t put it down until I finished it in the wee hours of the morning.”

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Also, check out this review from the Daily Hampshire Gazette