The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Hegi, Ursula -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication Part One. Summer 1878

1. A Hundred-Year Wave 2. Tilli. Eleven Years Old 3. Before the Age of Knowledge 4. Invisible 5. This Odd and Sweet Fusion 6. Some Join the Zirkus When There’s Nothing Left 7. For Medicinal Reasons Only

Part Two. 1842–1845

8. Sisters and Girls Thrive in the Salt-Drenched Air 9. St. Margaret and the Dragon 10. Sister Hildegunde Confronts Her Dragon

Part Three. Fall 1878

11. Translucent Moons 12. Belly Dancers and Apostles 13. The Old Women Ride Their Bicycles to the Cemetery 14. Silvio Climbs into His Father’s Bed 15. Foundling 16. Going Maternal 17. Marlene and Hedda 18. Frost Sketches Flowers on the Windows

Part Four. 1859–1866

19. Men Who Turn to Stone 20. Young Widows with Infants 21. I Kill The Sensational Sebastian 22. Luzia The Clown and the Whirling Nowack Cousins 23. Tell Me the Story of How My Vati Could Fly

Part Five. Winter 1878–1879

24. A Quicksilver Murmur 25. In the Big Nursery 26. Of Being Alone and Untouched 27. The Mathematics of Loss. Of Desire

Part Six. Spring 1879

28. A Balance of Bees and Humans 29. The Old Women Set the Stage by Trusting Gossip 30. Driftwood Jesus

Part Seven. Summer 1879

31. August. And the Dresses of the St. Margaret Girls Billow 32. Lure of the Island 33. You Must Be Kind to Your Husband 34. A Frantic Summoning 35. I Know I’m Bossy 36. Our Own Hidden Wildness

Part Eight. Winter 1879–1880

37. Old Rifts Mend 38. Sabine and Lotte 39. To Feel Your Skin Despite the Layers of Our Habits 40. Their Own Patron Saint 41. Nineteen Days 42. Steadiness of a Thief 43. You Don’t Have a Brother

Part Nine. Spring 1880

44. Maria Ullrich Is Hungry for Colors 45. Schwarze Sonne 46. You Must Grip What You Cannot Bear to Lose

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