Sylvia Field

Losing Ground: Tells the story of a marriage of two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers, a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand "ecstasy" just as her painter husband Victor sets off on a more earthly exploration of joy. Celebrating a recent museum sale, Victor decides to rent a country house where he can return to more realism after years working as an abstract expressionist....

The Mitchells are having an open-house party and are worried that Dennis may, somehow, make trouble.

Dennis goes crazy trying to find his gifts.

Dennis tries to take care of his sick mother while his father is out of town.

Dennis asks Henry for an allowance of 25 cents per week. Henry says he’ll give it to him with the condition that he learns the value of money first by earning it himself.

When Dennis has no one to play with, he decides to walk to his Grandfather’s house, which is miles away!

Mr. Wilson wants to go to the Island of Happiness in Mexico but changes his mind when he hears that his niece is going to have a baby.

Mr. Wilson’s niece is getting married and asks Dennis to be the ring-bearer.

Dennis decides he wants a bird, but he knows that he won’t get it once his dad sees his report card.

Dennis eludes his babysitter to go to the movie that his parents are seeing.