Cindy White – författare

Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, Together Alone ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.

Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, Together Alone ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, Together Alone ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relations

Brie Milo had a rough life growing up, but finally is looking towards the bright future once she and her best friend, Jenny Thomas leave their home state of Alabama and move to Montana. Once there, they get settled, and later on, they meet two new friends, Cody Stabler and Danny Jones. The four become best of friends and Cody surprises Brie, who loves to travel, with a trip to a cabin near their home, up in the mountains, only to be shut down a little while Brie''s first love, Johnny moves in next door and she invites him and his new girlfriend to come along. But little do they know that somebody else was coming with them. Hell was coming with them to the mountain. And with it, it was bring death, revenge, sorrow, old enemies, and old memories to open the old wounds. Can Brie and Johnny find it in their hearts to stay strong and alive while Cody and the others desperastely searches for them and the secret that tore Johnny and Brie''s families apart?