With heartfelt thanks to those who helped me with

this book. To Tommy and Michael and Father Joe

Keane. To Ilse. To Charles Rembar. To Ossi,

Tereza, and Martin. To Patricia, Ivy, Hilde, Sister

Diane, Hannelese, Mrs. Marino, Elly, and Sister

Kathleen. To the Potter’s Wheel. Thank you most

of all to my superb editor, Ruth Cavin, and her

assistant, Elisabeth Story, and in memory of

Tony Smythe.