Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Preface xiii
Introduction: You Have to Start Somewhere 3
1 Themes and Anticipations 6
2 The Perpetual Present 16
3 Home Is Hard 22
4 Breaking the Glass 32
5 The Minstrel Show 39
6 Growing a New Skin 57
7 Emmett: A Life Played for Keeps 67
8 The Invisible Circus 74
9 Edge City 84
10 Crossing the Free Frame of Reference 94
11 Biker Blues 107
12 Sweet William's Story 113
13 The Red House 130
14 Black Bear Ranch 143
15 Dr. Feelgood's Walking Cure 159
16 Slippingto the Edge of the World 167
17 Free Fall 179
18 Full Bloom 201
19 Approaching Terminal Velocity 214
20 Top of the Arc 242
21 Roman Candle 263
22 A Moment's Float 274
23 Gravity Wins 291
24 Splatter 311
25 Stepping Out of the Wind 327
Afterword: Time to Take a Break 347
Postscript 353
Index 369