curl up

And this week, The Times is happy to be your guide to some of the most noteworthy offerings, from Oscar contenders and crowd-pleasers to holiday specials you and the family can curl up with.

"On my very first period I was curled up on the floor of my parents' bedroom, screaming, unable to straighten my spine," she said.

Every so often, I would have to stop swimming and curl up into a ball to bend my spine.

Rod Carew curls up on a family room sofa with the young woman they call “Miracle Child,” 18-year-old Michelle Carew, a leukemia victim and the youngest of Rod and Marilynn Carew’s three daughters.

A drug addict I knew died of exposure, curled up at the entrance to a store.