Twenty-eight writers set out to discover what they know, and don't know about the person they call Mother.

A street-smart and straightforward police chief and his refined homicide detective are determined to keep their town's cultural, political and racial divisions stable when facing a new challenge.

A tale of two artists, living 78 years apart in a small Southern town, and the third artist who links them.

Lil and Frank married young, launched into courtship when they bonded over how they both—suddenly, tragically— lost a parent when they were children.  Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they’d lost prematurely.