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Elisa Levi's That's All I Know explores the toll of caring for those who cannot care for themselves, the fear of the unknown that anchors people to unfulfilling lives, and the bravery it takes to stop deceiving oneself, to give in to longing.

He can barely remember her, but she'll never forget him! Levi Taylor spent seven years behind bars for tax evasion, turned in by his traitorous brother, Judas. Now released, he has nowhere else to go but back to his hometown of Sweetwater, Michigan. With no money or job, he crashes at his brother Thomas' place, never expecting to be elected as the town's new mayor. And just when his life is looking up, his past comes back to haunt him.

In post-Cultural Revolution China, in the fading village of Freshwind, the fates of two households are shifting. The Bais, once the most powerful family in the region, have fallen from status. Their beautiful daughter, Snow Bai, an embodiment of tradition, pursues a career in a vanishing art form. The Xias, enthusiastic members of the Party, are on the rise. Their favorite son, Wind Xia, is a citified politician whose marriage to Snow Bai could unite the two families. But in a village casting about for a new road to prosperity, fortunes can change.

No hay lugar más universal que el más pequeño de los pueblos. Lea tiene 19 años, un ardor en la tripa y una vida entera en un pueblo con cuatro calles, una iglesia, un ultramarinos y un bosque que nunca ha cruzado. Sentada a la sombra, ve aparecer un señor que ha perdido a su perro y, en lo que dura un cigarrillo con hierba, le cuenta por qué ayer se acabó el mundo.