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Index
Front Cover
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
One thing about hard times
1 1970. From now on you’re Irene
2 No evidence of survivors
3 A man from the sunny side of the street
4 One way to find your family
5 Orange and black balloon
6 The earth opens up
7 Riding the Green Tortoise
8 Bus to nowhere
9 A six-year-old tour guide
10 Stone egg
11 The only thing that lasts is the volcano
12 I remember food
13 Shrimp as big as your hand
14 How to make macarons
15 No return address
16 A hand-beaded belt
17 Seekers
18 A good place to disappear
19 Have you ever met Spider-Man?
20 Unlikely demographics
21 Only money
22 Bankers come knocking
23 Health problems, and a bag for carrying potatoes
24 Serpent in the garden
25 Scorpions
26 Buying a pencil
27 A long-lost daughter. A paint box
28 Six hundred and seventy two varieties of birds. Not to mention fireflies
29 A fall
30 Mourning, overdue
31 The last chapter, the first chapter
32 A visit from the lawyer
33 Fixer-upper
34 A particularly fine tilapia, a long list of repairs
35 The man for the job
36 Honeymooners
37 A large check
38 A dinner party, a volcano
39 Honeymoon, interrupted
40 Just a traveler passing through
41 The question of family
42 A folder of letters
43 The queen of trash
44 The lizard men
45 Paperwork
46 Piece of heaven
47 An herb that makes babies possible
48 Rubber boots on the mountain
49 Fancy sneakers and a bag of basketballs
50 An unlikely proposal. (Two of them.)
51 Thinking about babies
52 The kiss
53 A daughter and two mothers
54 Worry dolls
55 Mysterious disappearances
56 A rival
57 Sweeping stone
58 Death of another mother
59 Some people say only boys get to be doctors
60 A visit with the Mayan astrologer
61 A very deep ravine
62 Swimming lessons
63 One thing about having an operator for a friend
64 An unlikely mother
65 Raising a baby on macramé
66 A fish without a bicycle
67 Five-star rating
68 A buyer shows up
69 God must be angry
70 The birds sang louder
71 A tortilla saleswoman in the road
72 A school made from soda bottles
73 Must be some herb
74 An unexpected art lover
75 A no-hands game
76 I’m a fish
77 King Bass
78 In appreciation for services rendered
79 The wall
80 A red light-bulb
81 Always the volcano
82 The deep heart’s core
83 Looking out for the family
84 A monkey, unchained
85 A death in California
86 One good man
87 I’ve waited a long time for this
88 Vinyl records
89 I want to know about your life
90 The most beautiful voice
91 The Gabriel García Márquez version
92 A night in the Monkey Room
93 One piece of paper
94 A wallet goes missing
95 The dream of America
96 Five million dollars
97 End of the world. Almost
98 Saved by a wall
99 Unopened letters
100 One more letter
101 The return of the fireflies
Acknowledgments
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