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Table of Contents
CHAPTER PROLOGUE, CICERO, ILLINOIS, JUNE 2009 PART ONE: WILD CHILD (1897-1915) CHAPTER 1 – MEET LUCINDA A YOUNG FAMILY ARRIVES IN AMERICA LITTLE ITALY CHAPTER 2 – CRYING: THE FIRST STEP TO TOUGHNESS AFTERMATH MAN ON THE SIDEWALK CHAPTER 3 – GRANDMAMA A NEW ‘DO’ CHAPTER 4 – THE HABIT
PART TWO: ON MY OWN (1915-1920) CHAPTER 5 – PRISON BREAK MRS. MURPHY AWAKENING TO BROOKLYN THE SERVANT GIRL CHAPTER 6 – SEMI-FLAPPER MOVING ON UP ENTER MARY A NEW FRIEND THE BONDS OF SISTERHOOD PROHIBITION IN AMERICA DANCE LESSONS CHAPTER 7 – LET PROHIBITION BEGIN TIMES SQUARE CHAPTER 8 – BRIGHT LIGHTS, NEW CITY
PART THREE: THE ROARING TWENTIES (1920-1929) CHAPTER 9 – SUPER-FLAPPER THE CELLAR CHAPTER 10 – BILLY THE KID THE JOB THE PARTY THE PACKAGE CHAPTER 11 – PROFESSIONAL PARTY GIRL THE SUPPLY TRUCK UNDERCOVER ANGEL THE DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE OF A FLAPPER NEW POSITION, NEW HOUSE, NO LOVER BLACK AND TAN FANTASY CHAPTER 12 – THE COUNTRY CLUB CHAPTER 13 – SAMMY THE CLASSY WOMAN A FIRST IMPRESSION FIRST LETTER TO MARY CHAPTER 14 – JOHNNY COME LATELY SECOND LETTER TO MARY ANOTHER NEW ENCOUNTER CHAPTER 15 – HE CALLS ME BABY THIRD LETTER TO MARY CHAPTER 16 – MISTRESS TO THE MOB THE GREEN ROOM FOURTH LETTER TO MARY HOUSEWARMING CONFUSION THE BIRTHDAY PARTY CHAPTER 17 – THE FAMILY LET’S MISBEHAVE ANGELO FIFTH LETTER TO MARY CHAPTER 18 – LET’S GO FOR A RIDE, DOLL CHAPTER 19 – WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? CHAPTER 20 – FALL 1927 – RECOVERY RHAPSODY IN BLUE CHAPTER 21 – RACKETS, BOOMS AND CRASHES SIXTH LETTER TO MARY A NEW RACKET CHAPTER 22 – THE GETAWAY THE DEPRESSION HOLIDAY ON ICE SEVENTH LETTER TO MARY THE GREAT CRASH OF DECEMBER, 1929
PART FOUR: WHAT THE HELL? (1930-) CHAPTER 23 – SO LONG, PAL CHAPTER 24 – WHERE AM I AND WHAT AM I DOING HERE? CHAPTER 25 – MEET THE (OLD) GANG HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN THE RETURN OF BILLY THE KID CHAPTER 26 – EXPLORATIONS CHAPTER 27 – I’M IN CHARGE THE DINER SEARCHING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT CHAPTER 28 – RUNNING FROM GOD CHAPTER 29 – A NEW LIFE TELLING THE GANG MAKING MY SELECTION A PARTY FOR LUCINDA
PART FIVE: THE ODDYSSEY HOME CHAPTER 30 – HALLWAY REFLECTIONS CHAPTER 31 – NEW DIRECTIONS A BRIEF ENCOUNTER CHAPTER 32 – LUKE DISCOVERS INTUITION MELISSA CHAPTER 33 – CATHY’S CLOWN SPIRIT GUIDES CHRISTINE AND MEDITATION CHAPTER 34—THURSDAY NIGHT MEDITATIONS CHAPTER 35—HE WASN’T JOHN DILLINGER CHAPTER 36—I HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT A JOURNAL ENTRY CHAPTER 37—HELEN’S PSYCHIC PARTY I THINK IT STARTS WITH AN “L” CHAPTER 38 – THE LUCINDA CHANNEL THE CATHERINE CHANNEL CHAPTER 39 – A STRANGE VISION CHAPTER 40 – CONFIRMATIONS A HALLOWEEN RITUAL CHAPTER 41 – THE PLOT THICKENS CONFIRMATIONS AT A FESTIVAL CHAPTER 42 – REACHING A CLIMAX FINDING AN OLD HOME UNDERSTANDING DEEPENS MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE HIS EYES ANOTHER CONNECTION HOPPING CHAPTER 43 – THE JOURNEY HOME DEBRIEFING HIGH PRAISE FOR LUKE MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE LIGHT
EPILOGUE: CICERO, ILLIONOIS: JUNE, 2009 CHAPTER 44 – RETURN TO THE GREEN ROOM
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