Summary

Chapter 1. Leila, the main character and narrator of the story, returns to San Francisco from a visit with her sister, Nina, who lives in New York. Leila provides a brief description of her current family situation: she had two sisters, but one of them, Ona, jumped off a building and killed herself. Leila’s mother owns a baby clothing store and her step-father Leon no longer lives with her mother. While Leila was in New York, she married her long-term boyfriend at City Hall with her sister as the witness. Now that she is back in San Francisco, she has to break the news to Leon and her Mah. It turns out t both are thrilled with the news.

Chapter 2. Leila describes what life was like for her and her family after Ona’s suicide. Essentially, no one talked about it or really acknowledged it...