Title: The solace tree
Description: Maria Isidora Schalalci's husband, Albert, is suffering from kidney failure but refuses to accept the standard form of treatment.  Albert if a curmudgeon, however Maria stays with him and tolerates his shenanigans, and through her tenacity Albert escapes the inevitable.  The willow tree by the pond, her hiding place from her husband, helps her maintain her sanity.
Subjects: Kidneys, Fiction, Diseases, Man-woman relationships, Transitional objects (Psychology), Trees, Reins, Romans, nouvelles, Maladies, Relations entre hommes et femmes, Objets transitionnels, Arbres