Charles D'Ambrosio's stories are wise and tender, impossible to forget. In the award-winning title story, a young boy guides a drunk woman home along the beach and confronts the violent legacy of his father's suicide; "American Bullfrog" and "Open House" capture the loneliness of looking for a home in the world, or of pretending that you've found one.
(from the publisher)

Contents:
- The Point
- Her Real Name
- American Bullfrog
- Jacinta
- All Aboard
- Lyricism
    October
    January
- Open House