Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Breathing Lessons
4. Thetis 3
5. Disconnection 4
6. Father’s Hand 5
7. Night Owl 6
8. Breathing Lessons 7
9. Grandma’s Apartment 8
10. Rita 9
11. Diary of a Redhead 10
12. Psych Ward Hymnal
13. Major 15
14. Hell Has Nothing to do with Fire 16
15. A Short History of Light 17
16. Mute Swan 21
17. Chief Broom 22
18. Ignoring Presence of Mind 24
19. Nature’s Ward 25
20. Psych Ward Hymnal 26
21. Calculations for Catholics
22. Why God is a Father 39
23. Abraham 40
24. Gospel According to Uncle Peter 41
25. Our Father 42
26. Calculations for Catholics 43
27. Genuflection 44
28. Mike 45
29. Lost Lambs 46
30. Jesus Lizard 48
31. Minding the Gap 49
32. On the Origin of Apples 50
33. Unsettlement
34. Dependency Day 55
35. Vegastriction 57
36. Salmon Fishing 58
37. Unsettlement 59
38. Punjabi Schoolyard 60
39. Made in Indonesia 61
40. At the Corner of Howe and Hastings 62
41. Commute 63
42. Similkameen Dream 64
43. Sharpest Tooth
44. Foxhole Diary 67
45. Hyannis 69
46. The Woods 70
47. Weather Hunter 71
48. Sharpest Tooth 72
49. Red, Having Rendered 76
50. Daughterly Advice 77
51. Traitorspotting 78
52. Incisions 86
53. Firestarters 87
54. Houseboat 91
55. Pas De Deux 92
56. Portrait of a Boy as Mist 93
57. Anatomy of Chaos 95
58. Accident 97
59. Prologue to Absolute Certainty 98
60. Notes 99
61. Acknowledgments 101