Narrated by Vivian B. McLaughlin. *Some SPOILERS* Thirteen-year-old Isabel and her family suffer the aftereffects of her mother's suicide. Tata sleeps on the floor where the mother was found. Olivia wets the bed and has nightmares. Frank is mutilating himself and his bedroom wall with a knife. And Isabel feels the responsibility of looking out for all of them and minding the family store. But she too has trouble coming to terms with her mother's death and eventually she and Olivia are meeting with Ed, a psychiatrist, after Frank attempts suicide and is hospitalized. At story's end Isabel gets involved with diving, Frank is progressing and playing the ukelele again, and the family is moving towards healing.