Brent Katz

When 4th grade teacher Jonah Stein falls for the girl his mother sets him up with, he finally seems to have love all figured out--that is, until an unexpected attraction to a fellow teacher forces Jonah to deal head on with his faith, his family, and his quest for true love.

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.

Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.