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It is summer, 1984. Reagan is in the White house, the cellphone has yet to be invented, and the Weiss Family is operating like a well-oiled, three-ring circus. In the middle of that circus is Maxine, a middle-aged woman masterfully juggling the needs of everyone around her. Her mother has moved into the guest bedroom. Her husband Gerry needs new knees. Her handicapped daughter Shira needs constant watching. Maxine is a juggler, keeping all the plates spinning, confident that her eldest daughter, Shellie Weiss Lindstrom, will be there to help her if she ever drops a plate. But Shellie arrives with a mission of her own: to break the news that she is moving to California with her tech-savvy, Gentile husband Peter. The news does not go over well. All of this is wrapped around a belief that there are 36 people upon whom the survival of mankind depends – the Talmudic legend of the Lamed Vav. Shellie struggles to break free of her perceived obligations while Maxine learns to let go and Shira rises above her limitations to assume the role she was destined to play.
Emily Solo
Shellie