Dick Carmel

During the 1980s, the federal government experimented with criminal rehabilitation by incarcerating men and women together in park-like settings that mirrored life on the Street. When Zolly Berns, the middle-aged owner of a Chicago bar, refuses to give false evidence, the feds exert pressure by s...

Twelve stories depict the development or dissolution of long-term connections. Some portray need, others, rejection. A few, reconciliation. Each explores the profoundest of themes in a poignant meditation on families in love and in loss.