The Bluefields Emergency Shelter is home to a community of people who are out of work, disabled, addicted or fleeing unsafe living situations. Through the narration of Sonya, a counselor with empathetic ears, you will be introduced to an array of charming characters. Alexandra’s father, a prominent artist has committed suicide. She is haunted by his memory, and growing up in Paris surrounded by streets filled with accordion music. Marla imagines she is a traveling Gypsy, floating through life in the present moment. She is abruptly fired from her job at a nature retreat, after arguing with her co-worker. Pearl, a painter and exotic storyteller, manages to leave the Shelter and travel to the south of France. Some are not so fortunate. Simon takes his life after being denied housing from a past arson conviction. Sally leaves the Shelter in a psychotic state, only to reappear on a missing poster. If you have ever hurried past a homeless individual on the sidewalk, this graphic novel will give you the desire to stop and listen.