Contents

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In the Beginning

Taranaki

1. The Big Blue Men

2. Being Frank

3. Tickle Locks

Erebus

4. Chaos

5. That Night

6. To the Ice

7. The Aftermath

8. Antemortem, Post Mortem, Reconciliation

Homecoming

9. Around the Mountain

10. Departure

11. Arrival

12. Mortuary

13. Saying Goodbye

14. The Family Funeral Director

The Darkness

15. Grief Is a Cloak

16. The Truth Matters

17. The Hierarchy of Grief

18. He Speaks to Me

19. Grand Gestures

20. Sorry, Not Sorry

21. To the Ice, Then

22. Christmas Potatoes

Towards the Mountain

23. Radical Hope

24. Being a Good Citizen

25. The Pool of Pain

26. What Do We Need in Order to Heal?

27. Everyone Knew Someone

Epitaph

Some Things to Place in a Coffin (Stolen, Like an Artist)

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements

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