This is a collection of short stories which address topics ranging from siblings finding others that they never knew they had to the illegal immigrant finding work. The characters and the events are imagined, but the theme is generally the same-someone seeking what s/he imagined is a better way of life. The stories do not offer an excuse for illegal immigration, but they do try to capture the pain and the price for being in this place at this time, however the means by which one got here.