Behind The Story I Tell Is The

Babies Change Things, Open Doors You Thought Were Shut, Close Others. Make You Into Something You Never Been.

Teenagers Are Free Verse Walking Around On Two Legs.

... Survival Is The Least Of My Desires.

Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure, And One Of Them Is The Way You Can Both Hate And Love Something You Are Not Sure You Understand.

The Worst Thing In The World Was The Way I Felt When I Wanted Us To Be Like The Families In The Books In The Library, When I Just Wanted Daddy Glen To Love Me Like The Father In Robinson Crusoe. (209)