Hungry Hill : A Memoir

Introduction: Limelight 1(4) Last Rites 5(10) Mother's Day 1992 11(4) Gone 15(3) God Takes the Saints Early 18(9) Chocolate Cake 27(4) Perfect Skin 31(7) Anne of Green Gables 38(5) Graduation Dress 43(8) Honor and Privilege 51(6) Complete Change of Scene 57(3) Kelsey Point 60(5) The Boys at the Corner Drugstore 65(7) My Mother's Closet 72(8) Saint Michael's Cemetery 76(4) The Boys' Bathing Suits Are Missing 80(6) An Evening of Informal Modeling 86(3) The Jewel of the Diocese 89(3) The Dark Horse 92(3) Campaign 95(3) The Dating Scene 98(3) Cheerleading and Candy Striping 101(4) Clip-on Tie 105(4) Auxilium Latinum 109(3) A Buyer of Sofas 112(5) Mother's Day 1993 115(2) The Doctor's Revelation 117(4) Casanova at the Beach 121(9) Stage Left, Stage Right, Entrances and Exits 130(10) Armistice Day 1994 137(3) Party Time 140(7) Joey, the Bird 147(3) Fledgling Journalist and Mad Scientist 150(4) Under the Knife 154(4) Dress-up Day 158(4) Sweet and Sour Times: Easter, the Election and (Step)Mother's Day 162(5) Fifteen Forever 167(3) The Ambush 170(7) Planning for the Future 177(3) Lil'Kiss 180(4) Skidding 184(4) Snowbound 188(4) Down the Drain 192(4) Hold the Fort 196(4) Imperfect Prayers 200(3) A Yellowed Cheek 203(4) Cashmere Sport Coat 207(4) Dr. Blackmer's Magic 211(4) Job Market 215(5) Bargain Tables 220(2) Beautiful 222(2) A Ten-Second Phone Call 224(2) Rich Woman Someday 226(4) Handbag 230(4) Best Tunafish 234(15) Scotch and Soda---A Transcription 238(11) Only a Dish 249(4) Term Projects 253(3) Runaway 256(5) Prom Fever 261(12) The Nuclear Option 268(5) We'll Remember Always Graduation Day 273(3) Epilogue: Fade Out 276(5) Acknowledgments 281