The fashion show, grand opening, and bar-b-que memorial service -- What would Jesus do? -- Mama -- The life you need to have -- Burn -- Some men are just funny that way -- Jump at the sun -- Law and order -- The man thing -- Society for the Preservation of Sorry-Butt Negroes -- Madonna -- The real deal -- Marisol and Skeeter -- Poets and plumbers -- Combat zone.

Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.

A Junior Library Guild selection