Even as a married woman reads Wuthering Heights, she falls under the erotic and destructive spell of her own Heathcliff. Forming the centerpiece of this New York Times Editor's Choice, this novella is complemented by stories in which a single photograph illuminates the intricate web of connections between friends at an Italian café; a forgotten act of violence in New York's Carl Schurz Park returns to haunt the present; and a woman is prompted by mysterious emails to recall her time as a member of the infamous Rajneesh cult.