"How could she ask me to let her bury her son—my baby's accused murderer—next to her?" The Aftermath, pg. 6

"Years later, when Nancy had become a heroin addict and I saw her for the first time with needle marks all over her arms, hands, ankles, and the backs of her knees, I remembered the first time I had seen her in the nursery with the gauze patches on her heels." Chapter 1, pg. 21

"Then Nancy came along, and the life we wanted had to be put on the back burner."
Chapter 3, pg. 35

"Unable to keep friends, Nancy began to take out her social frustration on Suzy and David." Chapter 4, pg. 52

"When I put on Hair, something magical happened. Nancy sat right next to the phonograph, totally absorbed by it." Chapter 5, pg. 69

"My instincts told me he was wrong, that something was seriously wrong with Nancy...