Valerie E. Lamb

A young pianist experiences psychosis as her childhood trauma resurfaces on the night of a high-pressure audition.

In an alternate, xenophobic America, four unemployed and desperate immigrants struggle to get by until they meet Billy, who works at a software company for a job he knows nothing about. Billy convinces his new friends to undergo white-face makeovers in order to secure jobs at the same company, providing them with a paying job while they cover for his programming incompetence.

As a family is trying to enjoy a beach vacation, Grace Roberts is coping with the loss of her mother in various ways.