contents imaginary preface imaginary foreword acknowledgements page imaginary introduction chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine chapter ten imaginary preface at about 8 pm one breezy , sultry sunday evening `` roundabout '' early august , midst a vintage and recent dry year , saragina desoto and caza zooweiler met to stare at the peeling pastel yellow-walled , well-worn , bedust-bunnied and achoo-lintied late night laundry , located quite fortuitously near homes and blaringly nestled in fluorescent brilliance , greater than any inn , within the spartan outer circle of the tiny , spired-in-chucks by apartments and offices , laid-back , and balefully moonlit night time farm town of rama , wa ; and whilst their second-hand or so solid , drenched and important clothes slushed and gyrated , that duo of demi-dames mournfully attempted a serious intellectual discussion of this highly complex , delectable and moralistically socialistic dilemma .