Contents

Epigraph

Introduction

Part One
A House with No Men

1

I am eleven the day I begin to understand what…

2

Before boys put their soft, eager hands on my skin,…

3

Gym is the most embarrassing of high school classes. We…

4

It’s late spring of my sophomore year. Amy turns seventeen…

5

Losing my virginity changes Amy and me for good. Maybe…

6

That summer, my dad rents a house on Fire Island…

7

In the fall, I head to college, leaving behind what…

Part Two
The Other Side of the Glass Wall

8

Where before I felt tentative with Eli, I’m now fervent.

9

There is a new boy I like. I see him…

10

The first week in Tucson, I’m energized. Leif and I…

Part Three
Enough

11

In my small studio, I begin my new life without…


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