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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Part 1: Smarting Points, Starting Points
  1. Summer’s Passage, Southern California, 1990
  2. pp. 3-9
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  1. Welcome to Indio, California, Pop. 36,793
  2. pp. 10-16
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  1. Ghost Whisper to My Lover
  2. pp. 17-18
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  1. Now Leaving Mexicali, Baja California, Norte
  2. pp. 19-37
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  1. Ghost Whisper to My Lover
  2. pp. 38-39
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  1. Part 2: Childhood and Other Language Lessons
  1. Bakersfield, California, 1970–72
  2. pp. 43-46
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  1. Zacapu, México, 1972–79
  2. pp. 47-54
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  1. Thermal, California, 1979–80
  2. pp. 55-66
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  1. Thermal, 1981–82 (Our Little Home on Top of the Garage)
  2. pp. 67-99
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  1. Summer’s Passage
  2. pp. 100-111
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  1. Part 3: Adolescent Mariposa
  1. Ghost Whisper to My Lover
  2. pp. 115-118
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  1. Indio, 1983–88 (“El Campo” Years)
  2. pp. 119-161
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  1. Part 4: Zacapu Days andNights of the Dead
  1. Summer’s Passage
  2. pp. 165-174
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  1. Ghost Whisper to My Lover
  2. pp. 175-177
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  1. Zacapu, July 1990 (Imago)
  2. pp. 178-191
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  1. Part 5: Unpinned
  1. Riverside, California
  2. pp. 195-203
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  1. Ghost Whisper to My Lover
  2. pp. 204-207
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