In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth

Depicts in accessible text and evocative imagery the life-risking ventures of tightrope daredevil The Great Blondin, describing the times he walked more than 1,100 feet on a rope hung 160 feet above the Niagara River while performing increasingly challenging feats.

"In 1859, Jean-Francois Gravelet, known as The Great Blondin, walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. What kind of man would do something like that? And more importantly, how do you become that man?"--