Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Epigraph viii
3. Contents x
4. after the funeral 1
5. spring 2
6. sizzle 3
7. illusion 4
8. vermin 5
9. inheritance 6
10. our home needs to be painted 7
11. self portrait 8
12. alberta avenue 9
13. the impossibility of fireflies 10
14. klondike 11
15. may is an uneasy month 12
16. returning from seeing the man with the beard of bees 13
17. our guilt stays with us 14
18. good to keep busy 15
19. neighbourly 16
20. he always gave us the creeps 17
21. my money’s on the magpie 18
22. my mum’s grandmother had a terrible accident when she was a young mother 19
23. grown up 20
24. main & broadway 21
25. hold on 22
26. your light, your light 23
27. a sonnet for middle-age mothers 24
28. solstice 25
29. gentle infestation 26
30. mothering 27
31. cavity 28
32. clover point 29
33. beached 30
34. epithalamium 31
35. check for spots 32
36. yes, let’s 34
37. the forties 35
38. unfasten 36
39. these days, those days 37
40. accumulate 38
41. now is the season of open windows 39
42. shuswap july 40
43. vanish 41
44. plato island 42
45. always with the fucking fish 43
46. we both wore red lipstick 44
47. obligatory road trip 45
48. swing therapy 46
49. before serious 47
50. even bleach can’t remove the smell 49
51. for phillis wheatley 50
52. the birth of father yod 51
53. roots 52
54. keepsake 53
55. last suppers 54
56. arbutus 55
57. there are not enough sad songs 56
58. down under 57
59. terminal 58
60. new year’s day, 2015 59
61. child 60
62. Acknowledgements 63
63. About the Author 65