In the title story, a man at a backyard barbecue waits for a blind date who never shows up. In "I'll Be Home," a young man who has converted to Judaism goes home for Christmas in Miami, and finds that his desire to connect to his parents conflicts with his need to move on.

Winner of 2005 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for Short Fiction
"Between Camelots" is about the struggle to forge relationships and the spaces that are left when that effort falls short. The stories are not only about loss and fear, but also about the courage that drives us all to continue to reach out to the people around us.