Clinton Haddix

For sixteen years, Angelica carried undeserved guilt-her mother died giving birth to her. Neglected and despised by family, she's diagnosed with cancer. After her death, it's her brother Christopher whose world begins to fall apart.

While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.

In a nuke story that takes place in post-blast Los Angeles, three couples gather for a final candlelit dinner. As time creeps to a halt—literally—they share stories, some regrets, a bunch of humor, and, fittingly, love.