Home Sweet Home & Other Dangerous Places illustrates the theme that no matter where we as individuals are, we are not safe. We are not safe in the places we call home, at work, in a effort to ease our loneliness, nor in our minds. The stories in this collection range from a slightly feeble minded truck driver trying to win the affection of the woman behind the truck stops cash register to the terrifying ordeal a young woman may or may not have experienced. Julie Failla Earharts stories blend a mixture of betrayal, mental illness, innocence, and crime humans commit against each other.