ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
FOREWORD BY NICOLA STURGEON
CHAPTER 1
Move On Up
Narratives of Mobility
What’s Worth Writing For
Step by Step
Leave or Remain
CHAPTER 2
No One Likes Us; We Don’t Care
Doris and Albert
Northern Grit and Wit
Distinction and Disgust
CHAPTER 3
How the Light Gets In
Spring Hill and Its Streams
A Child at Seven
Our Stroke of Luck
Nature and Creativity
Discovery With Discipline
Expression and Distraction
The Bell That Tolled for Me
Primary Lessons
CHAPTER 4
End of Eden
The Time of Tests
Three Types of Minds
X, L, and S
Home Truths
Missed Opportunities
Class Matters
CHAPTER 5
Worlds Apart
Sunken Middle Class?
Two Cultures
Cultural Capital
Gaffes and Gangs
The Meaning of Mobility
Life in the Margins
CHAPTER 6
Higher Loves
Getting Too Silly
First Love
Second Love
Higher Purpose
CHAPTER 7
The Full Monty
Experience Counts
Class Returns
No Horse and Carriage
CHAPTER 8
The Bigger Picture
Meritocracy
New Aristocracy
Economic Democracy
The Future
Last Words
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