Don't throw your ring in the creek: surviving the breakup -- Tea alone: on mothering without a net -- Ex marks the spot: separating in a time of togetherness -- Northing's too much trouble -- Making peanut Jesus: finding God in the community of faith and casseroles -- Livestock in the kitchen: the many uses of cats -- Failing up -- Playing hearts: dating at the age of dread -- The apex of dorkitude: dork, like me -- The marrying man -- This too shall pass -- I'll fly away

In The Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy Dickinson, syndicated advice columnist and weekly National Public Radio celeb, shares her remarkable story--a tale of Amy and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy found herself a reluctant single parent