Includes "Questions for discussion" ([4] p.).

When Emilia loses her newborn daughter, the sight of any child brings her to tears. Wednesday afternoons with her stepson, William -- an obsessive, know-it-all preschooler and his mother's mouthpiece -- are pushing her over the edge. When his unceasing questions turn to the baby's death, Emilia is at a total loss. Doesn't anyone understand that self-pity is a full-time job? Ironically, it is only through her blundering attempts to bond with William that she finally learns what family really means.