Twenty-seven GROPING IN THE DARK

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
5. One VI SIONS OF A FAMILY FARM 1
6. Two THE ARRIVAL 6
7. Three SPANISH LESSONS 18
8. Four OLGA AND THE HOGAR 24
9. Five NOT AS IMAGINED 31
10. Six SUMMER 37
11. Seven MORE SPANISH AND OTHER LESSONS ABOUT CHILE 41
12. Eight POLITICS 48
13. Nine THE PACIFIC COAST 54
14. Ten THE END OF SUMMER 62
15. Eleven A NEW SCHOOL YEAR 70
16. Twelve PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATIONS 74
17. Thirteen ON BEING A TEACHER 78
18. Fourteen NOISY AND COMPLICATED 85
19. Fifteen THE FARM REVISITED 89
20. Sixteen DONORS, DEMONS, AND DENTISTS 94
21. Seventeen MARCELO 103
22. Eighteen AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY 108
23. Nineteen A HOME ON TUPUNGATO STREET 117
24. Twenty CATHOLICS , MORMONS , AND EVANGELICALS 122
25. Twenty-one BOYS, BABIES, AND BITERS 130
26. Twenty-two THE UNIVERSITY 137
27. Twenty-three WINTER IN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD 142
28. Twenty-four SEBASTIÁN 147
29. Twenty-five EXPLAINING A FEW THINGS 159
30. Twenty-six YOU’RE GOING TO DO WHAT? 167
31. Twenty-seven GROPING IN THE DARK 172
32. Twenty-eight GOD WILL SEE US THROUGH 184
33. Twenty-nineTHE END OF THE ROAD 189
34. Thirty THE DAYS OF WAITING 195
35. Thirty-one THE VISIT OF THE GRINGOS 200
36. Thirty-two SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 210
37. Thirty-three TAKING LEAVE 215
38. EPILOGUE 221