CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PROLOGUE

BRENDAN

1 DEMOLITION DAY

2 FILM AT ELEVEN

3 MANY MANSIONS

4 TIME IN A BOTTLE

LETITIA

5 O HOLY NIGHT

6 NOT MY WILL

7 NIGHTMARE

8 WORKING WOMEN

9 THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

10 ENGAGEMENT PARTY

11 COMMENCEMENT

12 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

13 LETTIA'S DREAM

14 FLAT ROCK

15 GRANMADDIE

ADORA

16 THE ACTRESS

17 NEW BEGINNINGS

18 WHITMAN HUSHES

19 TRUE LOVE

20 TROUBLE IN PARADISE

21 GODSEND

22 IN MEMORIAM

23 ADORA'S DREAM

24 THANKSGIVING

ELEANOR

25 THE DEATH OF A DREAM

26 LIFE SENTENCE

27 THE HANDYMAN

28 LIGHTNING STRIKE

29 PROVIDENCE

30 SAINT CATHERINE

31 V-E DAY

32 PLAN B

33 AUTUMN MAGIC

34 MRS.TUCKER

35 PASSAGE TO THE TUNDRA

36 THE MOTHER HOUSE

MARY LOVE

37 AND IT WAS GOOD

38 THE CALLING

39 TIME ON HER KNEES

40 DISCOVERY

41 THE STILL SMALL VOICE

42 SISTER ANGELICA

43 THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

44 REBIRTH OF A DREAM

45 THE GIFT

46 THE ARTIST

47 WHAT SHALL I BRING HIM?

EPILOGUE