Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Born into It and Removed from It 1
Chapter 2 The Foster Family 13
Chapter 3 It Takes a Village, for Pain or Glory 21
Chapter 4 Bullies Be Gone! 35
Chapter 5 Am I a Star? Meh, Same Difference 43
Chapter 6 The Foot That Should Have Kicked Me 55
Chapter 7 The Runaway 63
Chapter 8 Journey to the Dream 75
Chapter 9 Oklahoma City 89
Chapter 10 Angels in Dallas 97
Chapter 11 A Flight to Freedom 109
Chapter 12 Boystown 119
Chapter 13 Salt Lake City 131
Chapter 14 Las Vegas, Do or Die 145
Chapter 15 On My Way 157
Chapter 16 The Diagnoses 167
Chapter 17 Hurricane Bruce 177
Chapter 18 Crystal in the Rain 191
Chapter 19 Photo Gallery 199
Epilogue 207
Resource Guide for Help Hotlines 213
Acknowledgments 217
About the Author 219
Index 221