Introduction -- Louder than bombs: childhood -- Kiss them for me: first love -- Say yes: love and marriage -- Alive and kicking: having children -- This must be the place: making a home -- Countdown to Armageddon: marital breakdown -- Everything is coming to a grinding halt: the end of the marriage -- Levitate me: divorce and denoument -- Epilogue: you may find yourself.
Summary
Describes how the author, who vowed her children would never suffer the pain she endured during her parents' divorce, was confronted by the realities of her own failed marriage, which compelled her to reevaluate her views about family.