Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
How Absolutely Humiliating
If Only I Could Be Like You
The Missing Dead Language Book
Flying
Different Worlds
CHAPTER TWO
The Father-Father-Daughter Party
Rising above Froghood
Waiting
M Is for Mockingbird
Winning the Horserace
CHAPTER THREE
In the Circus Business
Always
Unraveling Like Dagwood
The Taillights of Their Dreams
CHAPTER FOUR
Remember to Yell Good and Loud
Vargo the Magnificent
Cuticle Care
The Lump
CHAPTER FIVE
The Slightest Hope
The Care and Keeping of Elephants
No Answer
The Tightrope
CHAPTER SIX
The Special Number Five
The Cotton Candy Mistake
Imagination
Prune As Required
CHAPTER SEVEN
Beyond the Creaking Door
She Can’t Make Me Believe It
It Doesn’t Work That Way
You Didn’t Know Which End
What If It’s Too Late?
Saying Goodbye to Morgan
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Something or Other of Her Dreams
Tra la la, Kaboom!
An Excellent Plan
The Accident
CHAPTER NINE
In the Lobby
The Green Cheese Moon
The Visitor
Loopy
This Is Home
CHAPTER TEN
Something Is Better Than Nothing
Lying Down on the Job
The Confident Woman
Remorse
Only the Angels
P.S. EXCERPTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE