Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. A Note on the Transliteration of Yiddish xi
5. My Father's Visit, 1983 3
6. Paris Is the Most Beautiful City in the World 8
7. Wood 23
8. The Forest of Beech Trees 42
9. Immigrants 55
10. “Send Away the Mother Bird” 76
11. My Sister's Visit, Montreal, 1980 82
12. Poppyseed Cake 96
13. “He Will Turn the Children towa rd the Parents,” 1990 108
14. The Other Elizabeth 137
15. Shevirah (Shattering), November 1993 156
16. It’s Lively in the Shtetl, December 1993 166
17. Mame-Loshen (Mother-Tongue), 1995 177
18. April 1996 191
19. “Honour Thy Father and Mother,” June 1996 200
20. Blindsight, 2000 212
21. Spring 1997 223
22. Rachamim (Compassion), 1997 230
23. Yizkor 248
24. Dertsaylung fun a geratevete Account of a Rescued Person 249
25. Acknowledgments 257