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From a man in need of a haircut picking up a hitchhiking rabbi whose Romanian village was decimated by the Nazis, to a family of rabbits, to an elderly man who might have gone to school with Lenin, to a hunch bettor at the race track who uses the results as a ouija board to his future, to a man whose wife left him via a text message, to the inner life of a queen bee, this eclectic compilation of stories examines the ties of family that break and bind. They are like sun showers, simultaneously filled with laughter and tears.

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Hal Ackerman´s first novel STEIN STONED won the Lovey Award for best first novel in 2011, followed by STEIN, STUNG in 2012. He is a playwright, racetrack habitué, and emeritus area head of the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) screenwriting program. Halackermanwriting.com

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