In this collection of five stories by a great short story writer, prototypes from the ancient world cast a shadow over our age. Each story poses the same questions: what do people really believe in, where can they put their trust, and why do they continue to hope?
Mara Nichols, a terminally ill career woman, wife, and mother, and Scott Coffman, a middle-school teacher whose eight-year-old foster son is about to return to his former inmate mother, traverse the last five days they have to say goodbye to their loved ones.
A happy marriage is within every couple's reach - if they so desire. In marriage as in life, happiness is a state of mind, a state of mind that you can create together in mere minutes. This title helps couples learn how they can make each other happy with the small yet meaningful gestures that up to a big difference - one day at a time.
