Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

The Rules of Life

Summer Sausage

JonBenét and Other Tragedies

The Peahens

Blind

An Animal Cal ed Ham

Cigarettes at Night

Black Diamond, Blue Square

The Day They Captured the Pigeons

The Showers

Hope

Little Pigs

Placenta

Button

Jesus Is Coming

Flushing Wil ard

Until the Worm Turns

Acknowledgments

A Note About the Author

Reading Group Guide

I sabela’s sister, Moly, was married with ten bridesmaids in matching tea-length, blue floral Laura Ashley dresses. It was, Isabela believed, the most beautiful wedding anyone would ever have. She was twelve.