A memoir about the 17 year estrangement of the author and her homeless schizophrenic mother, and their reunion.
Content Note
The subterranean world -- Medusa -- Passionflower -- The eye of Goya -- Cave girl -- My year with Audubon -- The vigilance of dolphins -- Changelings -- The museum of indelible things -- Death, the rider -- Forgeries and illuminations -- A hand and a name -- Rabbits -- Oracle bone -- In the palace of Kalachakra -- Into the land of birds and fire -- A cabinet of wonders.