Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Pictures
The Darkest News
The Council
I Discover Adult Supervision
Another Tribe Altogether
Riverview
Uncle, Hero, and Film Critic
High Art and Baseball
New Year, New Troubles
A Tale of Two Fir Trees
Christmas 1954
Enemies and Allies
The Roaster
Lizards and War and Lost History
A Cold Week in March
Nuns and Reckonings
Young Men and Love
Other People’s Business
Of Madmen, Science, and the River
First Communion, Against All Odds
A Tale of a Serving Spoon
Death of a Dreadnought
Tough Guys
Two Weddings, One of Them Inevitable
A Trip to the Country
Dog Days
Unraveling
Brain Fever
Runaway
The Announcement
Labor Day
Aftershocks
Epilogue
About the Author
Also by the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
