《In Search of a Safe Nest》, Burt Farrand and Verona de Tessant are a loving couple, Verona is pregnant, and they need to find the perfect place to raise their upcoming child They had planned to live near the man's parents to help their children grow up, but the old couple sold their house and went to France to live happily ever after. In order to find a suitable place to live for their future children, the two set off on a grand tour across the United States. From  Phoenix to Tucson, Ariz, from Wisconsin to Montreal, Canada, and finally Miami, with relatives who talked like Monks and talked about sex to their children; "Pioneer" schoolmate couples who sleep in the same bed with their children should be resolutely avoided from strollers; A family that adopted orphans of every color, but never had a child of their own... The journey leads to ups and downs for both of them: Insecure Verona refuses to accept Bert's proposal, but she wants to be with him forever. After seeing a variety of bizarre families, Verona finally knows where she wants to raise her children, and she takes Bert back to the big house left by her parents, and leads him to search for memories of his childhood in the run-down house. She sat in the yard and told Bert how her mother and sisters had hung fruit on the little trees, to the surprise of her father when he opened the door in the morning. The whole book feels like a child coming home after a long day out, the smell of grass, the memories of fun and absurdity, and the world's complexity culminating in the desire to go home after being tired.