From a man in need of a haircut picking up a hitchhiking rabbi whose Romanian village was decimated by the Nazis, to a family of rabbits, to an elderly man who might have gone to school with Lenin, to a hunch bettor at the race track who uses the results as a ouija board to his future, to a man whose wife left him via a text message, to the inner life of a queen bee, this eclectic compilation of stories examines the ties of family that break and bind. They are like sun showers, simultaneously filled with laughter and tears.

Hal Ackerman's first novel STEIN STONED won the Lovey Award for best first novel in 2011, followed by STEIN, STUNG in 2012. He is a playwright, racetrack habitué, and emeritus area head of the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) screenwriting program. Halackermanwriting.com