The way a person speaks or acts often defines their life situation, education, thoughts, and much, much more. The person may be a child or adult, male or female, rich or poor, loved or unloved. In this group of ten short stories, Quinn, with dialogue and description, lays open the lives of celebrities, foster children, students, educated males and females, uneducated prisoners, and even a dog, for us to observe and think about. If you feel sympathy, friendship, even brother- or sisterhood with these story people, that says something good about you. If it makes you consider some of the issues in the stories deeply, then it has done exactly what Quinn aimed to achieve. The stories are at ground level. The characters are like Quinn, like you, or like someone you know. You will laugh with them, cry with them, and be proud with them.