Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright

A Few Words from Kate DiCamillo

My Friend Katherine by Nancy Price Graff

Introduction

Three Frequently Asked Questions

Mary Elizabeth Goetchius

George Raymond Womeldorf

Over There

In Hospitals

The Courtship and Wedding

Early Days in China

At Home in Huai’an

Enemy at the Gate

Refugees

My Father the Drug Smuggler

The Last Year in China

At Home in an Alien Land

Grandmother Goetchius

Two Brass Buttons

Maud Truxton Henderson

The Teaching Life

Japan Days

Another Courtship

Motherhood

Motherhood (Less than Ideal)

Pets

Motherhood As Inspiration

Dedications and Other Miscellanea

Awards, Etc.

Final Gifts

Who Went Where When

My Family Tree