Brighton Fitch

In Brighton Fitch, Timothy Harsh unveils a story of young love, the bonds of family, and a catastrophic loss in a powerful piece that explores the very meaning of what it means to be human. After returning home to Berkeley from a two-year illness that nearly killed him, twenty-one year old Sam is faced with an uncertain future filled with debilitating headaches, a controlling mother, a pot-smoking sister and a neighborhood full of busybodies. All Sam wants is to get back into his life at his own pace and on his own terms. But when he realizes that his childhood friend and first love, the stunning Brighton Fitch, is home from college for the summer, his life takes an unexpected turn with devastating consequences. In a story that spans twenty years, Brighton Fitch takes you into a world rich with colorful characters and pulls you along an emotional journey from a first kiss to the dark temptations of revenge that will keep you guessing to the last sentence.