From celebrated Toronto poet Domenico Capilongo comes a collection of powerful and humorous stories inspired by love the love of family and tradition the passion shared between two people when love is found and the impact felt when it is misunderstood and lost These stories travel the globe from Toronto to Vancouver WWII Sicily Rome Japan Thailand and even the gardens of Paris Capilongo succeeds in capturing the beat of relationships in their many stages of complicated development His debut short fiction collection shows the keen eye of a writer who is not afraid to reveal the inner workings of love