This bleak and brutal novel follows Anya along her journey north from Los Angeles to Oakland on the I-5 interstate that bisects the Central Valley of California. A victim of deep deception; Anya was lied to, and is now kept under lock and key, used by her employer to service men, and indebted for the “privilege.” In exchange, she lives in the United States and fantasizes about a future of freedom. A powerful account of sex trafficking, this stirring tale reveals one victim’s pain and her attempt to escape it.

When Ivy and her father are evicted from their San Francisco apartment, they feel lucky to finally wind up at the home of Eugenia and Oscar Orr. (view table of contents)

Twelve stories celebrate the beauty of dance--from a story of the nervous debut of a young hopeful, to a sad tale of a choreographer dying from AIDS, to a work about a white dancer yearning to be accepted by her black peers