Susie, Sadly, and the Black Torpedo of Doom

by Littell, John S.

• ISBN13: 9780786248476
• ISBN10: 0786248475
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr

Summary

In his "charmingly related" (Publishers Weekly) book French Impressions, John Littell chronicled his family's hilarious adventures abroad. Now, Susie, Sadly, and the Black Torpedo of Doom finds the Littells back on U.S. soil-and firmly planted in the peaceful 1950s New York suburbs. Or at least they were peaceful until John's younger sister, Susie, was born...

Table of Contents

PART ONE Fever	9	(120)
Annunciation	19	(8)
Autosuggestion	27	(14)
The Black Torpedo of Doom	41	(10)
The Slip Inn	51	(16)
A Christmas Wish	67	(30)
Moby Torpedo	97	(14)
Beep, Beep, Beep	111	(18)
PART TWO Quarantine	129	(56)
A Novel Idea	145	(22)
The Game	167	(18)
PART THREE Complications	185	(96)
Gwill Go Boom	195	(20)
Witch Hazel	215	(28)
Susie and Sadly	243	(22)
Song Me, Daddy	265	(16)
PART FOUR Prognosis	281	(108)
Thin Ice	293	(16)
Food, Inglorious Food	309	(30)
Wanderlust	339	(26)
Don't Ever Leave Me	365	(24)
PART FIVE Crisis	389	(60)
Cupid's Poisoned Arrow	399	(26)
A Charming Conspiracy	425	(24)
Conclusion	449	(16)
Afterword	465	(6)
Postscript	471	(2)
Acknowledgments	473