That Very Place

The characters in THAT VERY PLACE find themselves in settings-whether mundane or bizarre-that they'd rather avoid. Each is chasing or fleeing from a bond too deep to sever: an unwanted child, an unloving parent. Long-ignored troubles erupt into chaos, forcing them to confront the damage they've caused and the pain they can't outrun.

• In a nursing home's bleak room, a woman with advancing dementia confesses to her unsuspecting niece that she's actually her mother. But is it too late for the t...