A Nest for Celeste

One
The Basket Maker

Two
Illianna and Trixie

Three
Mr. Audubon

Four
A Sudden Departure

Five
A Narrow Escape

Six
A New Nest

Seven
Rescue by Dash

Eight
Joseph

Nine
A Friend

Ten
Feet in the Gravy

Eleven
A Portrait

Twelve
Pigeons

Thirteen
The River

Fourteen
A Close One

Fifteen
The Ivory-Billed

Sixteen
Cornelius

Seventeen
Outside

Eighteen
The Storm

Nineteen
Aftermath

Twenty
Lafayette

Twenty-One
The Gondola

Twenty-Two
Lafayette Returns

Twenty-Three
Flight

Twenty-Four
A Homecoming, and Inspiration

Twenty-Five
Cornelius Says Adieu

Twenty-Six
The Attic

Twenty-Seven
A Friend Returns

Twenty-Eight
Lafayette Strikes a Pose

Twenty-Nine
Freedom

Thirty
A Discovery

Thirty-One
Housecleaning

Thirty-Two
A Homecoming of Sorts

Thirty-Three
An Unwanted Housemate

Thirty-Four
Trixie Takes Off…

Thirty-Five
…Like a Rock Tossed Into a Muddy Pond

Thirty-Six
Back from New Orleans

Thirty-Seven
Departure

Afterword

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

B
elow the crackled and faded painting of a horse,

beneath the heavy sideboard,

under the worn carpet

and dusty floorboards of the dining room

sat Celeste, hunched over her worktable.