Contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5.   1.   Stitches
6.   2.   A Rude Awakening
7.   3.   Rhapsody
8.   4.   Ritual and Remembrance
9.   5.   Passacaille I
10.   6.   A Promise Abandoned, A Promise Delivered
11.   7.   Ritual
12.   8.   Jealous of the Dead
13.   9.   Eastern Anatolia, 1916: A Mother’s Dress
14. 10.   The Deal
15. 11.   An American in Paris
16. 12.   Auxillac, 1913: Country Girl
17. 13.   Sons and Brothers
18. 14.   Paris, 1915: The Circus Medrano
19. 15.   The Language of Flowers
20. 16.   The Search Begins
21. 17.   Vaucluse, 1917: The Kindness of Strangers
22. 18.   Thérèse
23. 19.   Paris, 1918: The Treble Clef
24. 20.   Paris, 1913: An Upside-Down Life
25. 21.   Vaucluse, 1917: The Suitcase Under the Bed
26. 22.   Best Served Cold
27. 23.   The Bookshop
28. 24.   Paris, 1915: Confidences
29. 25.   Overheard Memories
30. 26.   A Fleeting Vision
31. 27.   The Jardin du Luxembourg
32. 28.   Paris, 1919: The First Betrayal
33. 29.   Performance
34. 30.   The Cost of Six Hundred Francs
35. 31.   Verdun, 1916: Passacaille II
36. 32.   An Unanticipated Development
37. 33.   Eastern Anatolia, 1915: Hector
38. 34.   A Priest’s Advice
39. 35.   A Reconfigured Heart
40. 36.   Paris, 1922: The Second Betrayal
41. 37.   Penance or Remembrance?
42. 38.   Arielle
43. 39.   Hope, Rekindled
44. 40.   A Woman Scorned
45. 41.   Le Chat Blanc
46. 42.   Morning
47. Acknowledgments
48. Author’s Note
49. Also by Alex George
50. About the Author
51. Copyright