Contents
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Prelude. Many Memories, Many Myths
One. My Parents' Childhoods in Europe (and America)
Two. Who Lester Was
Three. Who Rita Was
Four. Who They Were to One Another
Five. Who They Were to Me
Postlude. Rita's Comic and Tragic Legacy
One. Genealogy
Two. Rita's Notes
Three. Rita's Cheesecake
Notes