Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Prologue xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxiii
6. A Note on Terminology and Sources xxvi
7. 1 The Existential Elephant 1
8. 2 A Delicate Network 17
9. 3 A Strange Kind of Animal 34
10. 4 Deposited in the Bones 52
11. 5 Bad Boyz 70
12. 6 Elephant on the Couch: Case Study, E. M. 95
13. 7 The Sorrow of the Cooking Pot 115
14. 8 The Biology of Forgiveness 129
15. 9 Am I an Elephant? 147
16. 10 Speaking in Tongues 174
17. 11 Where Does the Soul Go? 188
18. 12 Beyond Numbers 221
19. Epilogue: Quilt Making 248
20. Appendix: Ten Things You Can Do to Help Elephants 253
21. Notes 257
22. Index 293