Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Rites of Passage: The Quest for Manhood and Womanhood.

2. Adolescence: Awakenings and Choices.

3. Sleeping Alone: Sexuality and Singleness.

4. Birthing Babies: The Essence of Early Motherhood (and Fatherhood).

5. Mysteries of Marriage: Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh.

6. Sexuality and Culture: Bodies and Scripts.

Epilogue: Beauty from Ashes.

Notes.

The Author.

Index.