The Pine Siskin

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. How to Become a Bad Wife 1
4. Epithalamion: The Grand Canyon Was a Long Way Down 2
5. The Mean Game 3
6. Yesterday, I Went to the Market 4
7. The Crow Takes the Body 5
8. Scrapbook 6
9. Your Motto 7
10. The Sleep 8
11. The Bad Wife’s Ankle 9
12. Two Men 10
13. How To Become A Bad Mother 11
14. (N)Ever Thought 12
15. How to Have Encounters with Foxes 13
16. The Danger of Georgian Guest Houses 14
17. The Bad Wife’s Clavicle 15
18. The Pine Siskin 16
19. And Let’s Not Forget Christina Lake 17
20. The Crow Gives a Body 18
21. The Bad Wife’s Vulva 19
22. Portrait of My Life as a Nurse Log 20
23. Guilt 21
24. Divorce Sudoku 22
25. So, Say I 23
26. The Moral Responsibility to Be Intelligent 24
27. This is My 21st Wedding Anniversary 25
28. Don’t Feed the Animals 26
29. She Tells Me 27
30. There is No Word 28
31. Reasons for My Husband’s Inattentiveness 29
32. Styx and Stones 30
33. Vagabond 31
34. How to Be a Bad Ex-Wife 32
35. Double Fisting 33
36. Become 34
37. No Matter the Shape of Things, You Are Much Missed 35
38. Inclement Weather 36
39. Omen: Calla Lilies 40
40. Notes 73
41. Acknowledgements 75
42. Prologue: On Our First/Last Toast 77
43. Epilogue 79