Cavalier presentations of heartbreaking news -- Dementia, 1692 -- In July flags are everywhere -- Father/Writer -- Warning signs -- American family portrait, clockwise from upper right -- The crossword -- Frog prince -- Six and mittens -- American grief in four stages -- Origins -- Extra patriotic -- Prelingual -- Fucking Aztecs -- Time just isn't that simple.
Summary
"A collection of short stories about grief, death, and trauma, set primarily in the US (from the Salem witch trials to present day), with one story set in Mesoamerica"-- Provided by publisher.