Imagine a year in your life that changed everything you knew to be right and a year that took away your security as a child. Shadows in the Twilight is a touching story about the dissolution of a family in a small New York town. Ralph must deal with the shadows of his past while burying his mother beneath the twilight of a cold winter's day. The novella is followed up with a collection of short stories that deal with the highs and lows of everyday life in post-modern America.