Gathered by the Fire

A fi re destroys an amusement park and leaves a landscape for a
seemingly ill-matched set of characters to negotiate. The newspaper
reporter fi nds new life for a story he had been forced to abandon
twenty years earlier. The prostitute seeks to reunite with a son she
gave up for adoption. The land developer bulldozes over anyone
in his path as he restructures a small town into a sprawling suburb.
The respected attorney and philanthropist strays from his moral
compass to see through his visions for a community.
As they grow up in the 60's and 70's, the children of Raven Street
forge friendships steeped in the small-town values of a Detroit
suburb. From days of playing King of the Hill, through the trials of
adolescence, they live their lives oblivious to the chain of events that
set their stage. Their stories of youthful folly, fi rst loves, and teenage
angst form the lyrics for the songs written in their garage-band
world, a world about to collide with realities not of their making.
Where is the crossroad that links that past and the present, the old
and the young? How bad will the collision be when they have an
inferno in common? Gathered by the Fire is a trip down memory
lane for the Baby Boomer Generation and a coming-of-age, what-if
story that scuff s the veneer of Anytown, USA.