Stuck in the middle with you: parenthood in three genders a memoir

Daddy. Red card; The plover's egg; I'm awake, I'm awake; Time out I: conversations with fathers & sons Richard Russo, Ralph Savarese, Trey Ellis, Augusten Burroughs

Maddy.That'll teach 'em a lesson; The orphan girl; The gryphon; Time out II: conversations with waifs & angels Edward Albee, Barbara Spiegel, Christine McGinn, Timothy Kreider

Mommy. The jumble; Jupiter, the bringer of jollity; I'll give you something to cry about; In the hall of the mountain king

Time out III: conversations with mothers & daughters Ann Beattie, Veronica Gerhardf, Susan Minot

Postlude: Anti-venom

Afterword: "Same monkeys, different barrel", a conversation with Jennifer and Deirdre Boylan by Anna Quindlen.