Table of Contents
Preface Nick Chiles xi
Introduction 1
Part 1 Grounded
Chapter 1 Sentenced to Death 11
Chapter 2 A Question of Faith 17
Chapter 3 It's All in the Blood 23
Chapter 4 Growing Up with a Secret 37
Part 2 Taking Off
Chapter 5 Ain't No Stopping Us Now 67
Part 3 Soaring
Chapter 6 Life of a Reporter 93
Chapter 7 You are soo bee-yoo-tee-fool! 107
Chapter 8 The Dark Decade 121
Chapter 9 Dot-Com Daycare 131
Chapter 10 Traveling Is Life 135
Chapter 11 Sand in My Shoes 141
Part 4 Crashing
Chapter 12 The Politics of Pain 153
Chapter 13 Possessed by Demons 161
Chapter 14 A Convergence of Calamities 169
Chapter 15 Falling in the Shower 179
Chapter 16 Swimming Again 185
Chapter 17 A Husband's Terror 191
Chapter 18 A Meaningless Sign 211
Chapter 19 Going Blind and Bald 213
Part 5 Finding Peace
Chapter 20 Survivor in the Mirror 223
Chapter 21 Fate, Forgiveness, and Acceptance 235
Afterword Howard' Woolley 247
Acknowledgments 253
Further reading 255