"You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried" takes readers back to the Brat Pack era, interviewing key players, such as Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, and John Cusack, and mines all the material from the movies to the music to the way the films were made to show how they helped shape our visions for romance, friendship, society, and success.

Nothing compares to Hughes -- Eternal flame -- Breakfast of champions -- Not just for breakfast anymore -- Becoming "The Brat Pack" -- Sitting pretty -- We got the beat -- I love Ferris in the springtime -- Teens in wonderland -- The end of the innocence -- Anything, and everything -- Pack to the future -- Life moves pretty fast -- Don't you forget about me -- When the light gets into your heart.