Dear Daddy, Love, Cassie:
A bright, talented, young woman with a
promising future follows the Bonnie Tyler song: every now and then she
falls apart. Waking up in the hospital after a drunken/drug ridden half-
hearted suicide attempt, she's embarrassed, belligerent, and infuriated
that she's been held in a psychiatric ward. Refusing to co-operate with
her psychiatrist earns her some time in the quiet room, with a crayon, a
piece of paper, and instructions to write a letter to her long-dead father
. . . whom, she is mortified to discover, she called for repeatedly as she
was rushed to the hospital.
Haltingly, as merely a way to pass the time, she begins to write letters to
this man who died when she was nine; soon, a conversation with her own memory
begins a series of revelations of how she was brought finally to this place;
a conversation which finally may lead to her own salvation.
She F%&king Hates Me:
Ava, a recovering alcoholic grandmother, Suzanne her
36-year-old recently divorced hippie daughter, and Molly, her 18-year-old
Goth granddaughter with a full scholarship to Vassar are given the chance
and/or challenge of having to endure two weeks under the same roof.
During this time, Suzanne is waiting desperately to hear what Molly's big
announcement is; she's certain that history is repeating itself, and that
she's about to become a 36-year-old grandmother.
The tattooed, multipierced, bleached blond boy she brings home with her to
visit confirms Suzanne's worst suspicions.
While all this is going on, Ava finds herself with a brand-new next door
neighbor; Buddy McKinley, her late husband's former business partner, whom
she blames for the failure of the Irish Pub they worked at, side by side,
for two decades. Soon, however, it becomes apparent to Suzanne that the
story of the collapse of the business has a few pieces that don't fit to-
gether; it also becomes obvious that Ava's hatred of Buddy might just be
covering up other feelings, that are just and strong.
Chase a Killer, Catch a Killer, Run, Run, Run:
Six years ago, a serial killer terrorizes the Seacoast of NH. Detective Tim Morgan works the case tirelessly
until he realizes all clues point to a local IT consultant, James Drake. Drake,
a brilliant man with a quick mind, happens to be an expert on serial rapists
and killers, represents himself during the trial;he manages to argue the jury
into a deadlock and for lack of further hard evidence, the DA refuses to reindict
James Drake. To the eternal chagrin of Detective Morgan, Drake walks . . . and
Morgan's obsession with James Drake begins.
By the time a local anchorwoman is kidnapped, Morgan's credibility
within the department hangs by a thread. The only person he can turn to for
help is the man who's the local foremost expert on serial killers . . . James
Drake himself.
Figuring Drake either has her, or can help profile, he brings Drake in.
The mental chess game between these two great mind begins, as the clock ticks
with a woman's life hanging in the balance . . .
Naked Pictures of my Ex-Husbands:
Two sisters--fifty-year-old mother of four,
homemaker and recent divorcee Lindsay; and career-driven, forty-eight-year-old national anchor woman, five-time divorcee Natalie--meet together at their mother's house, two months after her death, to go through her things. In the short time since her passing, the two sisters have each taken a good, hard, look at their lives and made some drastic changes--though neither knows how to break it to the other.
Meantime, Mom's ghost hasn't passed on, because during the course of her life, she made certain to put away enough to develop an impressive portfolio . . . trouble is, she never told either daughter about it, and now she can't remember quite what she did with the papers . . .
My Sister Jake is Dying:
Shy, bookish twelve-year-old Emma has lived in the shadow of
her fifteen-year-old sister Jacqueline (Jake to all her friends)her entire life; she's always been secretly jealous of the easy, fun relationship Jake has with their mother.
After a party in which Jake humiliates Emma by making the boy Emma has had a lifelong crush kiss her during a "dare", Emma screams at her sister, "I wish you'd just die!"
Her mother assures her that those are just words, but soon after, a series of events brings Jake to the doctors, where they find out that Emma just might get her wish; and Emma learns that maybe words are the most powerful wishes of all . . .
