When a mother takes her children to buy a puppy from another mother, she finds an unsettling household and a child chained like a dog in the backyard. Through their alternating narratives, both mothers reflect on what it means to love your children.

A man tries to determine the cost of a passionate but brief love affair, and his calculations lead him to a solemn but hopeful realization.

In a world where there is no smell, taste, pain, death, or digestion, the people are left hungering for one thing: love.

A privileged young woman from New England falls in love with a practical Midwesterner, but can their love withstand the grief of losing a child?

In post-World War II Japan, a boy is raised by his frigid father without love and spends the rest of his life endlessly pursuing it.

A woman struggles with shaky faith and emotional isolation from her son, which intensify when she goes to see him in prison. After one particularly difficult visit, she faces her fears with her brother’s help.

In a future where population control measures are stringent, a mother struggles with her feelings for her artificial son, David, who is designed to love.