In England, a young Jewish writer is trying hard to write a novel along the likes of Marcel Proust, but life, the past, the present, the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, and so many other things, including Chinese food and friends, keep distracting him, and instead he writes little notes about his friends and family, past and present. Peter Raposo's new book of short stories tells the stories of artists and lovers in search of something, either a dream or a place where they can belong, or both. It is a book about love and mistakes, and the need to change and forgive.