Margaret Atwood and John Grisham edited a work with stories by 36 authors. The characters meet on the roof of a New York building during the quarantine.

The story follows the inhabitants of the Fernsby Arms, a building in Manhattan. The relentless sadness and precariousness of the first months of 2020 runs through the stories. In this way, the book becomes a kind of puzzle, reminiscent of the novel about apartment life, "Life Instructions" by Georges Perec, although in a less experimental vein.