Contents

PART I

1. A NEW WIFE

2. ARIADNE’S THREAD

3. THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAKE

4. POWER WALKING

5. MARIE ARENE

6. THE ART OF LIFE

7. A DAZZLED WORLD

8. PANTS MAN

PART II

9. BANISHMENT

10. RADIO SYLVIA

11. NEW AUSTRALIAN

12. OUT OF THE CORNER OF ONE EYE

13. A FLY ON THE WALL

14. INVISIBLE FLOWERS

15. POP THE QUESTION

16. A MOIST-EYED LOOK

17. ANYONE WHO WAS ANYONE

18. THE GOOD DOCTOR

PART III

19. A GIRL OF AIR

20. VIVE LA FRANCE!

21. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MOTHERS

22. FIGURE, ASLEEP

23. OOH LA LA

24. THE FULL MECHANICS OF A SWIFT DEPARTURE

25. LADY OF THE LAKE

26. NANA NAP

PART IV

27. MUSICAL CHAIRS

28. THE VOICES OF WOMEN

29. A FREE PASS TO HEAVEN

30. LOVE-LONGING

31. INTO HER ARMS

32. ELSEWHERE

33. BREASTFEEDING

PART V

34. HOME AND AWAY

35. LITTLE LUNCH

36. GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

37. NOWHERE ON EARTH

38. THIS WOMAN OF MANY HUSBANDS

39. THE BLUE EGG

PART VI

40. CLOUDS UNCOVERING THE MOON

41. PEACE AND LOVE

42. INTIMACY

43. BREATH

44. HOUSE OF LIFE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS