Fascinating and affecting stories about the chasms between parents and children, friends and lovers, and bridges we build - and break - with love, loyalty, and betrayal. Glimpses into other lives include: The adopted boy who searches for his birth mother and finds an important lesson on who your true parents really are; a new wife who is rescued from a psychopathic husband by a mysterious gypsy ... who may not be a stranger at all; a group of embittered women who become vigilantes and receive life-changing guidance from an unusual source: their first victim. 23 stories that will surprise and inspire you, and, most important: change the way you look at life. Isn't that what stories are supposed to do?