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Introduction by Katherine A. Powers
A Note on the Text
1. Fortunately, I am under no obligation to earn a living wage, September 8, 1942–November 6, 1945
2. With you it will be like being ten years old again, November 12, 1945–November 29, 1945
3. Should a giraffe have to dig dandelions? December 4, 1945–January 26, 1946
4. It would seem you have the well-known business sense, January 29, 1946–February 14, 1946
5. I am like Daniel Boone cutting my way through that bourgeois wilderness, February 14, 1946–April 26, 1946
6. Something seems to be missing, and you say it’s me, Memorial Day 1946–April 3, 1947
7. Camaraderie, July 9, 1947–October 14, 1947
8. I’ve a few stipulations to read into the rural-life-family-life jive, November 6, 1947–April 5, 1948
9. The truth about me is that I just don’t qualify as the ideal husband, July 1948–Christmas 1948
10. If you can’t win with me, stop playing the horses! January 18, 1949–September 6, 1949
11. I’m beyond the point where I think the world is waiting for me as for the sunrise, September 19, 1949–October 7, 1951
12. The water, the green, the vines, stone walls, the pace, all to my taste, November 7, 1951–November 3, 1952
13. In Ireland, I am an American. Here, I’m nothing, Christmas 1952–June 3, 1953
14. A place too good to believe we live in, October 5, 1953–April 14, 1954
15. I had a very fine time — laughing as I hadn’t in years, April 23, 1954–July 14, 1954
16. There have been times, though not recently, when it has seemed to me that I might escape the doom of man, September 2, 1954–January 10, 1956
17. Four children now, Jack. And this year, the man said, bock beer is not available in this area, February 29, 1956–August 24, 1956
18. The Man Downstairs is entertaining tonight. Pansy and Dwight are quiet, September 25, 1956–January 12, 1957
19. This room is like a dirty bottle, but inside is vintage solitude, January 23, 1957–August 1, 1957
20. Scabrous Georgian, noble views of the sea, turf in the fireplaces, October 14, 1957–February 13, 1958
21. The office is in Dublin, on Westland Row, February 26, 1958–July 23, 1958
22. About Don, I haven’t been the same since I read your letter, July 26, 1958–November 29, 1958
23. Back and wondering why. December 22, 1958–August 25, 1959
24. The J. F. Powers Company: “The Old Cum Permissu Superiorum Line”, September 19, 1959–June 14, 1960
25. No money is the story of my life, July 6, 1960–April 3, 1962
26. The day was like other days, with the author napping on the floor in the middle of the afternoon, April 12, 1962–September 1962
27. As a winner, let me say you can’t win, not on this course, October 23, 1962–August 29, 1963
28. Ireland grey and grey and grey, then seen closer, green, green, green, September 23, 1963–Christmas 1963
Afterword: Growing Up in This Story by Katherine A. Powers
NOTES
Appendix: Cast of Characters
The Writer and His Wife
Source Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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