Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Prologue: The Attic xxi
Chapter 1 On the Street Where We Live 1
Chapter 2 Nothing from Nothing Is Nothing 5
Chapter 3 If We Won't Be Happy, Who Will? 9
Chapter 4 Madness and Marriage 16
Chapter 5 Resistance and Devotion 21
Chapter 6 Death 27
Chapter 7 Shock 31
Chapter 8 The Best-Laid Plans 36
Chapter 9 Redlined 44
Chapter 10 Civil Rights 48
Chapter l1 Flipped 53
Chapter 12 Blockbusters 60
Chapter 13 A New Start 66
Chapter 14 The Long Goodbyes 74
Chapter 15 Travelin' Man 83
Chapter 16 Wanna Trade Places? 88
Chapter 17 Tenth Anniversary 93
Chapter 18 A Vision of Decline 99
Chapter 19 Barbara 109
Chapter 20 Thief, Robber, Crook 114
Chapter 21 Travels with Dad 118
Chapter 22 The Asylum 122
Chapter 23 Black and White 130
Chapter 24 Brothers and Sisters 137
Chapter 25 Not Unhappy 142
Chapter 26 Saturday Night Burger 146
Chapter 27 The Tether and the Dream 157
Chapter 28 Up in Flames 166
Chapter 29 An Island in a Sea of Destruction 174
Chapter 30 Be Still, I Am Thy God 181
Chapter 31 A New Life 185
Chapter 32 Unraveling 192
Chapter 33 Riots Redux 197
Chapter 34 Convulsions 205
Chapter 35 News from the Front 215
Chapter 36 Sexual Politics 219
Chapter 37 Moving On 230
Chapter 38 Disgraced 235
Chapter 39 A New Roommate 243
Chapter 40 No End in Sight 249
Chapter 4i Home Alone 257
Chapter 42 Mom's World 264
Chapter 43 End of an Era 269
Chapter 44 Dad's World 273
Chapter 45 A Convergence of Change 278
Chapter 46 Not of Our Choosing 287
Chapter 47 Reconciliation 297
Notes 303
Photo Credits 311
Acknowledgments 313
About The Author 317