1. The wrong crib -- 2. My advice to anybody is: get born -- 3. In the beginning was the word -- 4. Trouble with a book -- 5. At home -- 6. Church -- 7. Accrington -- 8. Apocalypse -- 9. English literature A-Z -- 10. This is the road -- 11. Art and lies -- 11. Intermission -- 12. Night sea voyage -- 13. This appointment takes place in the past -- 14. Strange meeting -- 15. Wound -- 15. Coda.
Summary
Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother.