Contents: Family tree

The Bride Wore Red     p.1
Appeared in a different form in Mademoiselle and Grazia (in Italian translation)

The Pilgrimage     p.17
Appeared in a different form in The Massachusetts Review

The White-haired Girl     p.51
Appeared in a different form in California Quarterly

Gudrun's Saga     p.67
Appeared in a different form as "Coping with Islam" in In the Mail

Grace     p.82
Appeared in a different form in The Atlantic Monthly, The Voice (Iowa Indo-American Association), New Worlds of Literature, 2d ed. (Norton, 1994), Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Crossing Press, 1994), and Stree (Woman) (in Marathi translation)

Bridgewater Burning Ground     p.99
Appeared in a different form in Ascent

Doctor Doktor     p.111

The Housewarming     p.133
Appeared in a different form in Alaska Quarterly Review and Experiencing Race, Class and Gender in the United States (Mayfield, 1992)

Home is Where the Heart Grows Fonder     p.144

A White Woman's Burden      p.147
Appeared in a different form in The New Review

American the Beautiful     p.159

Missing Persons     p.174

The White Widow     p.204

{Page numbers from 1st ed. (Bridge Works Publishing, 1996)}