This short short sto­ry col­lec­tion reflects the Jew­ish-Amer­i­can expe­ri­ence of a gen­er­a­tion born in the fifties to immi­grant par­ents. A cast of most­ly Jew­ish char­ac­ters face uni­ver­sal chal­lenges: grap­pling with ques­tions of faith; con­flicts with their par­ents or per­haps their own chil­dren; wish­ing to make amends after turn­ing away from loved ones or reli­gious devo­tion, yearn­ing for a sec­ond chance.

Jew­ish Leader of East­ern Con­necti­cut colum­nist Arthur Dean assem­bles a selec­tion of what he con­sid­ers the best of the sto­ries writ­ten over the course of his career in publishing.