CELEBRATING THE HUMAN SPIRIT A dazzling duet in a parking lot at dawn, a pair of work gloves forgotten in a tree, a child's toy lost from a car window, an autograph book rescued from an antique store, the search for an estranged father ... these are among the engines that drive this diverse collection of short stories. Writing in a wide variety of voices, Constance Bovier entices the reader into the personal spheres of a host of captivating characters where relationships flourish, languish and strain to the breaking point, where men and women resist change, weather loss and wrestle with love...