JEFF MITCHELL, a hardworking Midwesterner, loves his life. It's true that he's working the same job he's had since high school; his four children challenge his patience constantly, and he can never seem to financially provide the life for his family that they deserve. But through it all he has his wife, Denise, whom he's still madly in love with after twenty years of marriage, and he has his Catholic faith. But Jeff stands to lose all that he cares for on the day his wife, without warning or explanation, serves him with divorce papers and a restraining order. First shocked, then hurt, then...

Death and taxes: certainties, as Ben Franklin said. And taxes keep getting more complicated. New writers, artists, and craftsmen desire to derive all or part of their income from "expression activities" like writing, performing, or another art or craft. These people have special requirements when it comes to understanding how federal taxes apply to them. At last, this amusing how-to book provides "freelancers of expression" with information necessary to get the most out of unique tax situations, from how to determine if their activity is "for profit," to recordkeeping, to filing, to appealing...

Alejandro has a lightning-like scar, on his butt. Although he'd like to wear it on his forehead he can't. He must lay low. Born in the desert when his parents crossed into the U.S. from Mexico fourteen years ago, he's "illegal" even though he's lived every single day in the U.S. So he stays to himself, hanging with his own kind. But he has a few others he trusts too. Like Crazy Bev, who runs the local playhouse and utilizes him in more and more productions. And Maggie, who loves acting and Alejandro. And Sedge, Alejandro's best bud. Mostly, however, he keeps his plans and activities hidden,...