Narrated by Clifford on the occasion of the surprise visit, the reunion triggers memories of a chaotic childhood.

Ms. Allen has alluded to a chaotic childhood in interviews, which might explain her hellfire response to rejection.

"Dogs" benefited from Fuller's refusal to sentimentalize or explain much of her chaotic childhood, but with "Scribbling the Cat" that reticence has become a fault.

He will replace Robert Sella, who created the role of Clifford, whose reunion with his jazzman father triggers memories of a chaotic childhood.

They shared a chaotic, harsh childhood, Mrs. Perry said, and have not forgiven their mother for it.

A considerable amount of Henry Sr.'s restless energy was focused on his five children, yielding them a chaotic, peripatetic trans-Atlantic childhood in search of the perfect education.

The soft, ink-and-watercolor pictures are filled with the stuff of a happy, chaotic childhood.

Yet her chaotic childhood has left this Tosca fearful that the whole works could easily come tumbling down, as indeed it does.

During a chaotic childhood Elite found strength in the lyric's message of perseverance.

As a member of the immensely wealthy Spaulding family, she has gone through a chaotic and somewhat traumatic childhood and adolescence.