Bertocci has a remarkable facility with words, taking delight in messing with the works of Shakespeare. In this keen adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," a nineteen year-old Miranda struggles to cope with a father in the throes of Alzheimer's, and it is against that backdrop, grappling with an parent whose fix on reality can change by the moment that new relationships form and others break apart. Unlike Shakespeare's ingenue this young woman is wise beyond her years, though still burdened by an inability to break free of circumstance. It is a brilliant, unromanticized work, and one I strongly recommend.