Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Author's Note xiii
Part 1 Close to Home
1 Treadmill to the Past 3
2 Anonymous Translation 8
3 At the Nachmittag 17
4 Kaffeeklatsch 24
5 Joie de Vivre 35
6 Four Stories of the Torah 48
7 The Revolving Room 59
Part 2 An Ocean Away
8 Off the Record 75
9 A Little Respect, Please 95
10 The Good Raincoat 102
11 Hedwig, Fritz, and "Schtumpela" 113
12 The Second Generation 122
Part 3 Back and Forth
13 Willy from Baltimore 139
14 Five Kilometers Away 151
15 Katherine of Dorn 164
16 Truth Transposed 175
17 What Willy's Neighbor Says... 177
18 The Red Album 180
19 Where Legend Ends 193
20 At My Father's Grave 203
Part 4 End Points
21 The Other Miriam 213
22 Three Little Girls 221
23 Yes or No? 234
24 The Celebration 243
Acknowledgments 259
Discussion Questions 261