Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

I   On the First Day of Summer

II   My True Love Took from Me

III   The Sea’s Souvenirs

IV   The Late Wedding Ring

V   A Dream of a Dove

VI   The Child in the House

VII   The Leaves of the Fig Tree

VIII   On the Final Night of Summer

Also by Jean Stafford

A Note About the Author

Copyright