Explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental, or cultural factors that divide families.

"Olga y su hermano, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, un carismático congresista, han alcanzado un estatus privilegiado en la ciudad de Nueva York. Olga es una reconocida organizadora de bodas de la élite de la ciudad, y su trabajo es recompensado con cifras astronómicas. Su hermano, 'Prieto' Acevedo, representa a la comunidad latina en su barrio natal de Brooklyn. Lo que pocos saben es que, a pesar de sus exitosas vidas, los Acevedo se criaron con su abuela...

"Apple, Tree features a slate of compelling, original essays that eloquently consider a trait they've each inherited from a parent, exploring how it affects the lives they lead today, how it shifts their relationship, and how it changes their sense of self." --

Aubrey Fleming is a bright and promising young woman with friends and family. One night, she unexpectedly disappears. Two weeks later she is found unconscious in the middle of the woods. When she comes to, her loved ones realize she has forgotten her identity and the personality living in her body is Dakota Moss, a character that Aubrey created in one of her stories for an English assignment. Dakota denies ever being Aubrey, but knows that they look...