A troubled Mom contemplates what it truly means to be a good mother. A wife goes to great lengths to save her dying husband and a thief has a sudden change of heart. An elderly man reflects on the life he's lived while a young husband desperately attempts to repair his failing relationship. In this collection, Gavin creates characters who, in the absence of fairytale magic, seek to find their own happily-ever-afters or something like it. These stories...