Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Ebony Jewelwing 3
4. The House 4
5. View West 5
6. Wedding Pictures 6
7. One Body 8
8. Afternoons 10
9. Black Raspberries 12
10. Les Fruits 14
11. Vernacular 16
12. Subject Matter 17
13. Sugaring 20
14. Red Tractor 21
15. Hedgerow 22
16. The Copse 24
17. The Placeholders 26
18. Silver-Plate 27
19. Down by the Culvert 28
20. Elm and Vine 30
21. Bear River 31
22. The Buick 33
23. Fireside Folk Songs 34
24. Simple Hazards 36
25. Electric Light Storm 38
26. Nightly Prayer 40
27. The Spice Rack 41
28. Vernal 43
29. The Fair 45
30. Horses 48
31. Iron Lung 50
32. Story Girl 51
33. The Pond 53
34. The white Rock 54
35. Something 56
36. The Closet 57
37. Ghost Stories 59
38. The three Sisters 61
39. Three Brothers 63
40. Susan 65
41. Mildred 67
42. Oak Stove 69
43. Dishes 71
44. Other Grandmother 73
45. Father was a miner 74
46. One for Fred 76
47. Juniper 77
48. Soundtrack 79
49. Eglantine 80
50. The Maples 81
51. Before and after the Cows 83
52. Floodlands 85
53. Sacrifice 86
54. If there is a Heaven 88
55. Lord of the Elements 89
56. Garden 90
57. Dark Tide 92
58. Woman of the Fern 94
59. Confessions of a Farmer 95
60. Doorbell 97
61. Requiem 99
62. The Hawk 101
63. Cabin 103
64. Weathervane 104
65. Wintergreen 107
66. Notes 109
67. Acknowledgments 111