Bright lights, prairie dust: reflections on life, loss, and love from Little House's Ma

Prologue

Growing up absurd. Miracle baby ; Saved! ; Baptism and blood ; Duet

Passion. Undertow ; Surfacing ; Art and death ; Waking up in Berkeley

The way. Practice ; An actor's life for me ; Eating the Big Apple

Breaking the waves. Hooray for Hollywood ; Having it all ; "We're home" ; Too good to be true ; Towers and walls ; Never say die

Everything flowers. Hitting bottom ; Sea change ; Woman's work ; Buried desire ; New acts

Afterword.