Usually I start at the middle, or even to the few pages at the end, before I proceed to the beginning .
Some books are just open targets for such cheating, and Topping From Below begs for it.
I was too preoccupied with my need to understand the motivations fueling what I read. The sheer complexity made me turn around and start at the beginning. This is a book that you must read from cover to cover. At this point, Franny is the character of whom I have most knowledge. As Franny and Nora illustrate during the book's opening that hope of transformation is a powerful, dark notion, and if a person isn't aware, it can be wholly devastating to live in the mind.