Ten years after the original publication of Good Neighbors, Bad Times, an unexpected letter leads Mimi Schwartz to revisit the story of her father’s German village during the Third Reich.
Ten years after the original publication of Good Neighbors, Bad Times, an unexpected letter leads Mimi Schwartz to revisit the story of her father’s German village during the Third Reich.
Mimi Schwartz is professor emerita in the writing program at Stockton University. She is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed (Nebraska, 2003) and When History Is Personal (Nebraska, 2018), and is the coauthor of Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction. For more information about the author, visit mimischwartz.net.
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List of Illustrations Preface: Why I’m Revisiting Good Neighbors, Bad Times Author’s Note to the First Edition Part One. Close to Home 1. Treadmill to the Past 2. Anonymous Translation 3. At the Nachmittag 4. Kaffeeklatsch 5. Joie de Vivre 6. Four Stories of the Torah 7. The Revolving Room Part Two. An Ocean Away 8. Off the Record 9. A Little Respect, Please 10. The Good Raincoat 11. Hedwig, Fritz, and “Schtumpela” 12. The Second Generation Part Three. Back and Forth 13. Willy from Baltimore 14. Five Kilometers Away 15. A House of Antiques 16. Truth Transposed 17. What Willy’s Neighbor Says . . . 18. The Red Album 19. Where Legend Ends 20. At My Father’s Grave Part Four. End Points 21. The Other Miriam 22. Three Little Girls 23. Yes or No? 24. The Celebration Coda: The Conversation Continues Acknowledgments Discussion Questions
List of Illustrations Preface: Why I’m Revisiting Good Neighbors, Bad Times Author’s Note to the First Edition Part One. Close to Home 1. Treadmill to the Past 2. Anonymous Translation 3. At the Nachmittag 4. Kaffeeklatsch 5. Joie de Vivre 6. Four Stories of the Torah 7. The Revolving Room Part Two. An Ocean Away 8. Off the Record 9. A Little Respect, Please 10. The Good Raincoat 11. Hedwig, Fritz, and “Schtumpela” 12. The Second Generation Part Three. Back and Forth 13. Willy from Baltimore 14. Five Kilometers Away 15. A House of Antiques 16. Truth Transposed 17. What Willy’s Neighbor Says . . . 18. The Red Album 19. Where Legend Ends 20. At My Father’s Grave Part Four. End Points 21. The Other Miriam 22. Three Little Girls 23. Yes or No? 24. The Celebration Coda: The Conversation Continues Acknowledgments Discussion Questions
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