Intro; Author's Note; Day 1: 2008; Part I: Friendship; Swallowing Water Breath; How Do We Fall in Love?; Life Bubbles; Day 2: 2008; Part II: Love; Leaving-Home Water-Work; When Thoughts Turn to Weddings; On the Sleeping Mat; A Golden Rope; The Tail of a Skirt; Day 3: 2008; Part III: Fear; The Shadow of a Nightmare; The Ring of Fire; Life-Giving Air; The Village of Widows; Big Eyes; Day 4: 2008; Part IV: Blame; Years of Secrecy; The Vast Unknowable Sea; Day 4 (continued): 2008; Part V: Forgiveness; Born a Cow; A Guest for One Hundred Years; Day 4 (continued): 2008; Acknowledgments