Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Introduction: Claire Tomalin
  5. 1 Vienna Beginnings
  6. 2 Wartime Children: The Émigré Child and my Education
  7. 3 Secondary School, Teens and Young Adults at Home
  8. 4 A Student in Paris
  9. 5 Working in London and Secretarial College
  10. 6 My Dolce Vita
  11. 7 The Congo
  12. 8 Back Home and CBC
  13. 9 Meeting Eric
  14. 10 Being Married
  15. 11 A New Family
  16. 12 Clapham, Part I
  17. 13 Clapham, Part II
  18. 14 Our New House
  19. 15 Home, Sweet Home
  20. 16 Academia
  21. 17 Sabbatical in Latin America en famille
  22. 18 Bourgeois Life in the Seventies
  23. 19 Martin’s ‘At Homes’
  24. 20 My Music Career
  25. 21 Manhattan
  26. 22 Our Italy
  27. 23 Mature Lives
  28. 24 Age of Glory
  29. 25 Hospital Years
  30. 26 Death
  31. 27 What Remains
  32. 28 Eric’s Legacy to Me
  33. Acknowledgements
  34. Photo Credits
  35. Plates
  36. Copyright