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Part 1, pgs. 1-28

• The author is writing a book about waking up more.

• Two men remark that a woman should be on her knees, as the author's daughter is stocking at the drugstore.

• The author has a dream about giving birth.

• The author begins to realize she is different from the Gracious Ladies.

• The author feels she is often identified as a Christian writer.

• In adolescence, girls apparently go to sleep, losing their feisty natures.

Part 1, pgs. 28-59

• The author tries to avoid the idea of the Feminine Wound by diving into the holidays.

• Girls have been taught to dumb down in order to appear less threatening.

• Recognizing the wound is an important part of life.

• The author hears the phrase Great Mother.

• The author burns her drawings.

• Sue begins to look at her feminine scripts.

Part 1, pgs. 59-83

• Sue's awakening is a fragile one that she keeps...

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