"Essays dealing with loss, pain, responsibility and ethics. The collection ruminates on place and violence and the faith it takes to hold a family together in the face of death"-- Provided by publisher.

After the ice -- My possum problem, and how it finally ended -- The wild thing with people feet was my favorite -- The night before Christmas -- Cold -- Of little faith -- Storm country -- Girl on the third floor -- Where we are going -- Choke -- The bear -- Palm Sunday -- A brief and selected history of man, defined by a few of the walls he has built -- The giving of food -- Web -- Lightning and thunder -- Hide-and-seek -- This one will hurt you.