Contents

Prologue: The Field, 1980

PART I
FAMILIES AND BEGINNINGS

The Brown House

Schooling, 1957

Simple Gifts, 1980

More Schooling: The “Trout,”1958

Wedlock

Superstition

The Philosophy Study Group

PART II
THE END

Snow, 1981

Mother

Bed

A Day in the Life, or Taking It

Reunion

Modern Art

Transport

The Brown House Again

Epilogue: The Middle of the Way