Cedar Hollow, California, the last week of August. Minh Tran, eighteen, leaves for college in six days and can't wait to put his family's noise behind him. At midnight a free black box with one red light switched on in every home. At 2:47 AM Minh wakes to a hissing TV, his grandmother's armchair empty, and his parents smiling, serene, certain he never had a grandmother. A late-night suburban adventure of pleasant dread, dry humor and a warm heart.

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Cedar Hollow, California, the last week of August. Minh Tran, eighteen, leaves for college in six days and can't wait to put his family's noise behind him. At midnight a free black box with one red light switched on in every home. At 2:47 AM Minh wakes to a hissing TV, his grandmother's armchair empty, and his parents smiling, serene, certain he never had a grandmother. A late-night suburban adventure of pleasant dread, dry humor and a warm heart.