A collection of short stories by Canadian author Deborah Ellis in which the characters deal with issues related to drugs.Through the woods ; Pretty flowers ; The dark side of Nixon ; Lunch with Lenin ; Boot ; dancing, with beads ; Prodigal ; Red hero at midnight ; Another night in Disneyland ; The cactus people.

When she joins her sister on the West Coast at their father's, Anna begins to understand that telling true love from true lust is far more easily said than done.