A collection of stories that grapple with mother-daughter dynamics, grief, exes, and the complexities of friendship in settings ranging from competitive call centers to Chinatown restaurants

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross -- Lie-in -- Gwendolyn Wakes -- Safety triangle -- Times I've wanted to be you -- In a room of Chinese women -- Cracks -- A woman in love -- Conversations with my brother about trees -- Private eating -- Why my hair is long -- Cranes -- Amygdala -- She is haunted -- Snow angels -- Fortune -- What we deserve -- Dead summer