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A night librarian discovers the building dreams of becoming a traveling lantern. Helping it change without destroying the books forces her to confront the life she has postponed, and the neighbors who assumed a useful place could never want something else.
A retired tailor starts altering his clothes to match the smaller space his family leaves for him. His estranged daughter mistakes the alterations for a disappearance plan.
A retiring dressmaker creates one outfit for every life she once considered, intending to exhibit them anonymously. Her adult niece recognizes a dress meant for a life nobody knew was possible, and asks whether the final garment must be a farewell or a beginning.
A punctiliously honest retired librarian asks her adult daughter to teach her to cheat at a seaside card club. Their lessons expose a lifetime of rules that kept the mother admirable, dependable, and almost entirely unknown to the people who benefited from her goodness.
A retired stage manager photographs theaters after their final performance. Her new assistant wants to document the people still cleaning up, forcing her to reconsider the elegant solitude she has called a career.
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