Packer takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong: to a Girl Scout camp, where a troupe of black girls are confronted with a group of white girls, whose defining feature turns out to be not their race but their disabilities; to the Million Man March on Washington, where a young man must decide where his allegiance to his father lies; to Japan, where an international group of drifters find themselves starving, unable to find work.
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Contents:
- Brownies
- Every Tongue Shall Confess
- Our Lady of Peace
- The Ant of the Self
- Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
- Speaking in Tongues
- Geese
- Doris Is Coming