Slipsliding by the Bay

Barbara McDonald

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781631522246
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction

Perched on the edge of San Francisco, Lakeside College is experiencing an identity crisis. John Gudewill is recruited as president to save the college from possible closure—but he is flummoxed at every turn. The faculty, led by secretive English professor Eliot Blanc, is determined to unionize. The alumni want Lakeside to return to its former status as a women-only college. Meanwhile, Sister Magdalena, the college’s infamous artist, is waging war against corporate America through her art, and the students are engaging in their own warfare through sit-ins and protests. With the college besieged on all sides, what is its new president to do? A hilarious spoof of academic intrigue, Slipsliding by the Bay mirrors the societal turmoil and follies of the seventies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for Slipsliding by the Bay
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• CAST OF CHARACTERS
• one | MEET THE PRESIDENT
• two | MISSING TAPESTRIES
• three | NOAH
• four | TEA AT ELIOT’S
• five | ENTER KATHERINE
• six | LUCY AND NOAH
• seven | MEET THE ALUMNI
• eight | MORE TAPESTRIES
• nine | INTERIOR DESIGN
• ten | VALHALLA
• eleven | LUNCH
• twelve | THE POOL
• thirteen | THE GAZEBO
• fourteen | UNION OR NOT
• fifteen | GARY’S DIP
• sixteen | STEIN AND THE ICE QUEEN
• seventeen | THE RIDE HOME
• eighteen | THE BARN
• nineteen | THE TIMES HEADLINE
• twenty | LUCY’S DISCOVERY
• twenty-one | LUNCH AT THE PALACE
• twenty-two | DRINKS WITH THE DEAN
• twenty-three | NORTH BEACH
• twenty-four | THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS
• twenty-five | DOROTHY
• twenty-six | UNION
• twenty-seven | ALUMNI PLANS
• twenty-eight | REVOLUTION
• twenty-nine | THE BROWN HOUSE
• thirty | ROOM 101
• thirty-one | FOGGY BOTTOM DEMANDS
• thirty-two | NOAH’S CONNECTION
• thirty-three | MEETING AT MAGDALENA’S
• thirty-four | ALUMNI DINNER
• thirty-five | ROMANCE BLOOMS
• tkirty-six | CAMPUS CRISIS
• thirty-seven | THE FACULTY STRATEGIZES
• thirty-eight | STEIN AND LUCY
• thirty-nine | REVOLUTIONARIES
• forty | THE GIFT OF GIVING
• forty-one | THE TREE-IN
• forty-two | HOLIDAY GOODIES
• forty-three | INTERSESSION
• forty-four | POSITIVE PLANS
• forty-five | DOROTHY AND NOAH
• forty-five | DOROTHY AND NOAH
• forty-seven | KATHERINE AND LUZ
• forty-eight | CONVOCATION
• forty-nine | ELIOT’S SURPRISE
• fifty | REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS
• fifty-one | LUCY’S SECRET
• fifty-two | ROMEO AND JULIET
• fifty-three | KEIANI RESIGNS
• fifty-four | LUNCH OFF CAMPUS
• fifty-five | CATCH-UP TIME
• fifty-Six | THE BUST
• fifty-seven | LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
• fifty-eight | KATHERINE’S DREAMS
• fifty-nine | DOROTHY’S DISCOVERY
• sixty | IN MEMORIUM
• sixty-one | THE GO-GO CLUB
• sixty-two | THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
• sixty-three | THE VW GANG
• sixty-four | HAIL THE HERO
• sixty-five | THE WINGED MONKEY
• sixty-six | THE BOOK BOY
• sixty-seven | FACULTY RALLIES
• sixty-eight | A CHANGE IN PLANS
• sixty-nine | THE LONG WAIT
• Seventy | FAREWELL TO A FRIEND
• Seventy-one | MORE SURPRISES
• Seventy-two | BOARD BOMBSHELL
• seventy-three | THE CHRONICLE CHRONICLES
• Seventy-four | WHAT’S NEXT
• Seventy-five | NEGOTIATIONS
• seventy-six | FACULTY FANTASIES
• Seventy-seven | ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• SELECTED TITLES FROM SHE WRITES PRESS