If Only We Could

THESE SIX STORIES AND NOVELLA INTRODUCE THE READER TO AN IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE WORLD - A WORLD OF UNREMARKABLE PEOPLE AND THEIR STRUGGLE FOR COMFORT AND HAPPINESS. SHINING MOMENTS OF INSIGHT POINT US T THE COMEDY AT THE HEART OF SORROW AND INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF VERY REAL PEOPLE: AN ADOLESCENT TORN BETWEEN WORRY FOR HIS MOTHER'S OBVIOUSLY FAILING HEALTH AND HIS INCREASING NEED FOR INDEPENDENCE; A YOUNG WOMAN WHO INTRODUCES HER NEW LOVER TO HER FAMILY AND FINDS HERSELF ENGAGED WITH HER OWN MOTHER IN A COMPETITION FOR THE LOVER'S AFFECTIONS; AN ENDEARING HEALTH FREAK FRANTICALLY TRYING JUST ONE MORE CURE.