Contents
Cover
Title Page
Frontispiece
Prologue
The Children’s Train
The House Was Where We Left It
What We Imagined We Were
Postcards From the War
A Cat Named Napoleon
Sprinkle Me in Icing Sugar Before I Die
A Philosopher Has What To Say
À La Bottom
Babes in the Woods
Portrait of an Ugly Child
A Naked Girl Is Always Priceless
The Mermaids Who Lost Their Voices
Motherhood Is a Disguise
Hunger Glows in the Dark
The Wolves Danced on the Ceiling
A Wartime Lullaby
The Fog Wears Grey Stockings
The Patron Saint of Young Girls in High Heels
Adrift in Formaldehyde
Ballet for a Swan with a Broken Neck
They Came for the Poets
Handcuffs Made of Smoke
The Price of Tears During Wartime
Every Sentence Is a Magic Spell
I Heard the Icicles Singing
Tiptoe Through the Landmines
Songs for City Birds on Clarinet
The Toy Soldier
The Saboteur Wears Patent Leather Shoes
Put a Red Rose in My Buttonhole
Pink Is a State of Mind
A Suitcase the Size of a Country
An Army of Little Beasts
The Black Market Wore Ribbons in Her Hair
A Valentine from the Capital
What Came First, the Mother or the Egg?
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Also by Heather O’Neill
Copyright
About the Publisher