Give Me Shelter

<p>The dual challenges of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis that threatens the world and the unexplained loss of parents that threatens a family are the driving forces behind the lives of two boys and their grandfather.</p><p>Willie Denny and their grandfather Pop have lived together for nine years ever since the boys' parents died in an accident that remains a mystery to the boys. Denny reluctantly leaves for college while Willie enters sixth grade fearful of the menacing missile crisis and curious about his parents' fate.</p><p>Willie's best friends are Lucy and Preston. Lucy wonders about the 'man in the suit' who seems to be everywhere she goes. Her mom Trish grapples with unemployment. Preston is burdened by the trauma his father is experiencing due to his military service. Denny meets his first-ever girlfriend at college Lucy who has one leg that's shorter than the other. Good neighbor Robert is building a bomb shelter in the back yard. Muriel his mother is a shoot-from-the-hip older adult with dementia.</p><p>Over time the connections between them create the shelter they need for their common journey. Seaburn again tells a story of human vulnerability endurance secrets truth loss humor resilience and love.</p>