Stealing trees -- The angel Thomas -- Burning -- Self-defense -- First day -- Waiting -- Sophie's shirt -- The end of the crackhead -- Within the lighted city
Summary
A collection of interwoven stories set in Detroit. The story, Burning, is on the 1967 race riot, in Self-Defense, a white girl is attacked by black students, and Sophie's Shirt is a mother's grief at the loss of a baby
