Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Sweet Baby Jake 1
Chapter 2 An Unnatural Superpower? 5
Chapter 3 The Distant Dad 8
Chapter 4 Surprise Waiting at the Door 11
Chapter 5 The Doting Mother, Mary 13
Chapter 6 Ancestry 15
Chapter 7 Genesis of a Mother Hen 19
Chapter 8 Migration to the Good Old USA 22
Chapter 9 Sullied Rose 26
Chapter 10 Unwedded Bliss 31
Chapter 11 The Long and Winding Road to Becoming a Nurse 34
Chapter 12 An Unexpected Arrival 37
Chapter 13 The Unopened Note 43
Chapter 14 BFF 46
Chapter 15 Hello and Good-bye 50
Chapter 16 Very Unpalatable Choices 53
Chapter 17 The Missionary Grandparents 57
Chapter 18 The Orphanage 60
Chapter 19 A Cruel Mistress 63
Chapter 20 The Dedicated Staff 66
Chapter 21 The Chicken Farm 69
Chapter 22 The Decision 73
Chapter 23 Dear Uncle Reggie 76
Chapter 24 Foundlings, Orphans, Runaways, Strays, and the "Rugby" Boys 80
Chapter 25 My Boot Camp 83
Chapter 26 Fun at the Chicken Farm 87
Chapter 27 The Bouncing Egg 91
Chapter 28 Freaky Chicks and Pullets 93
Chapter 29 JT, the Hybrid Alien 96
Chapter 30 The Encounter 100
Chapter 31 The Elixir 102
Chapter 32 The Gift 105
Chapter 33 Bad News Revealed 107
Chapter 34 Utter Craziness 109
Chapter 35 The Swap 112
Chapter 36 Elixir for Mommy Dearest 115
Chapter 37 Where Art Thy Sting? 118
Chapter 38 The Grand Vision 121
