Table of Contents
Part I Che Peccato: What a Shame 1
1 Riposto 3
2 The Best Hospital 19
3 Blood Sisters 33
4 Blythedale 47
5 The Real World 57
6 Better Off 75
7 A Place Where I Never Want to Go Back 87
Part II Fighting Back 99
8 We Can Fight for Our Rights 101
9 Just One of the Graduate Students 111
10 The Handicapped Teacher 127
11 Amputation 135
12 You Do What You Have to Do 143
13 Not a Real Cheery Picture 155
Part III Love and Activism 171
14 Love and Activism on Two Continents 173
15 Free Our People 187
16 No Need to Settle 197
17 The Handsome New Guy 207
18 Dead of Winter 219
19 Danny 227
20 Crips Are Beautiful 245
Part IV Come Sono Contenta: How Happy I Am 257
21 Vado Via Contento: I'm Going Away Happy 259
22 Come Sono Contenta: How Happy I Am 269
23 Thank You, Life 279
24 I Promise We'll Have Fun 293
25 Riposto 311
Epilogue 327
Acknowledgments 337