From the Book - 1st Vintage Books ed.
pt. 1. Jack, the beanstalk, and the half-adult --
ch. 1. Woodstock moment --
ch. 2. Jack, the beanstalk, and the giant with a large appetite --
ch. 3. Swimming among the half-adults --
pt. 2. Inside families --
ch. 4. Adventures of Ganesha: a Hindu story --
ch. 5. Wild girl and her sister: a Norwegian story --
ch. 6. What do daughters stand to lose or gain in a sibling society --
ch. 7. What do sons stand to lose or gain in a sibling society --
ch. 8. Disdain and contempt for children in the sibling society --
pt. 3. Outside the family - ch. 9. Benjamin Franklin's pig: economics and our heaviness of heart --
ch. 10. Teaching our children that nothing works --
ch. 11. Looking at women's and men's movements from inside the sibling house --
ch. 12. Exultation in the midst of flatness --
ch. 13. Difficulty of understanding mythology in the sibling culture --
ch. 14. What is vertical thought --
ch. 15. Snake that wants to eat all its brides: a Swedish story.