Contents

Prologue

1. After the War

2. The Radio

3. The Bomb

4. Nagasaki

5. School

6. Disaster

7. Comfort

8. Imogene’s Songs

9. Surprises

10. Otis Hickey

11. The Car

12. Georgia

13. Staying in Warm Springs

14. Christmas

15. Warm Springs, Georgia

16. New Friends

17. Examinations

18. Fun and Games

19. Changing

20. Valentines

21. Magic Hill

22. Singing

23. Hubert

24. Mr. Botts

25. Gavin

26. Disbelief

27. Desperation

28. Leaving Warm Springs

29. Home

30. Telling

31. Planting Peas

32. Getting Help

33. Good Days and Bad

34. Change

35. Otis

36. Mysteria Mansion

37. Making Progress

38. Muddy Water

39. Imogene

40. Pure Comfort

41. Getting to Normal

42. Nothing Finer!

Epilogue

Author’s Note

A Timeline of Disability Rights

Resources

Acknowledgments