CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
6. Prologue
7. The Stranger at the Door
   1. 1939
   2. 1896–1900
8. My Letter to the World
   1. 1940
   2. 1900–1912
9. Waiting to be Found
   1. 1942-1943
   2. 1913–1914
10. The Cameo Shell
    1. 1944–1946
    2. 1914–1917
11. What Promises I Make
    1. 1946
    2. 1917–1922
12. Thornback
    1. 1946–1947
    2. 1922–1938
13. Christina’s World
    1. 1948
14. Author’s Note
15. Acknowledgments
16. Photo Section
17. About the Author
18. Also by Christina Baker Kline
19. Credits
20. Copyright
21. About the Publisher