The present is not for the faint of heart. A marital crisis played out at the shared bookshelf. A visit to a concentration camp memorial with the youngest son. A love letter to Jewish literature and a declaration of war against fear. In her hilariously touching, always surprising, and insightful stories, Adriana Altaras reflects on our present. She writes about courage and civil courage, aging, and dealing with memory. About tutoring sessions in Turkish history at her trusted fishmonger and why she will never regret having children. In family life, through brief interpersonal encounters, in film, literature, and theater, she explores the existential questions that concern us all in her uniquely charming and captivating tone.