Restless and ambitious Adele August and her twelve-year-old daughter Ann run away to California with a host of American dreams and myths to lead them.
Contents
Ann -- Anywhere -- Bel Air Hotel -- The House on Carriage Court -- Lillian -- The Age of the Year -- Ann -- South of Wilshire -- Las Vegas, Disneyland, Egypt -- A Shopping Center Somewhere in the Valley -- A Doctor's Apartment -- Carol -- Happiness and Accidents -- Ann -- Home -- Lime Kiln Road -- A Backhouse on North Palm Drive -- A Doctor's Office -- Carol -- The Stone and the Heart -- Ann -- A New Car -- Carol -- A Lot of People's Secret -- Adele -- The Course of Miracles.