"Straub creates characters as recognizable as a best friend, and follows them through moments of triumph and transformation with wit, vulnerability, and dazzling insight."--P. [4] of cover.

Some people must really fall in love -- Rosemary -- A map of modern Palm Springs -- Pearls -- Abraham's enchanted forest -- Fly-over state -- Other people we married -- Puttanesca -- Marjorie and the birds -- Orient point -- Mohawk -- Hot springs eternal.