Dandelion Crossing

By Christopher Stanton

1983: The state-of-the-art mall Dandelion Crossing opens to excited shoppers in a rapidly changing suburb. Is the mall an eyesore - or a blessing?

Fourteen stories take center stage as the Christmas season gets underway. There's Nathan, a gay arcade manager who forges a tentative friendship with a Vietnam veteran; and Ellen, an elderly widow who ventures to the New Wave mall salon to receive a perm from a stylist she's never met. There's Carol, a timid waitress who suspects a little boy has been physically abused; and Enrique, an ex-con and aspiring chef who falls for a helpful bookstore clerk.

Dandelion Crossing shows how people of various ages, races, and backgrounds live, love, struggle, and survive during this tumultuous era of Reagan's America - a flashy age of pastel leg warmers and neon MTV.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FM49P5BC
• ISBN13: 9798297577206
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"