Contents
PREFACE
A CHRISTMAS IN ROME
BOOK TOUR
THE LAST GREAT WEEPER
BIRTHPLACE
JAMES DEAN, STILL HERE
THE GHOST-WRITER IN THE CELLAR
ORAL HISTORY
A HOLE IN THE EARTH
TEACHERS
WHEELCHAIR TRAVEL
A SHALLOW PAST
EYE LEVEL TO A WHEELCHAIR
PRIVATE WORSHIP
GONE WITH THE WIND AND ITS SCARLETT
NATIVE ORPHANS
MY TOLERANCE PROBLEM
A SINGLE DEATH AMONG MANY
THE MAD INVENTOR
SUMMER VACATION
A FULL DAY
LUCKY CATCHES
CASTING BREAD
MRI TIME
TIME-RIDDEN
FATHER AND HISTORY
THE LUCKY CHILD'S CHRISTMAS
SUMMER ON THE DEEP
A STANDING READER
A GALLOP DOWN THE HOMESTRETCH
PORTABLE MUSIC
A MOTTO
THE GAZELLE OF ISRAEL
THE MEMORY DRENCH: WORLD WAR II*
FORTY AND COUNTING
CROSSING GENDERS
BEING REVIEWED
ENGLAND IN THE FIFTIES
THE STAGE, YEARS AGO*
ON THE STONE
MY GHOST STORIES
THE OLD MAN IN HERE WITH ME
DOLLS IN A MAN'S LIFE
THE GREAT IMAGINATION HEIST
JOKE-TELLING LESSONS
WHAT MY PARENTS DIDN'T TELL ME
THE COMMONEST DEMON
WITH IDA
A PERFECT DINNER
KEEPING AN EYE OUT
THE SINGLE CORPS
ELOQUENT LETTERS
A PREMATURE FAREWELL
Chapter One
A Christmas in Rome
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