Chapters in Book

  Introduction – My parents meet through Edith Piaf, French singer.

1. My Childhood on the Ile d'Orléans 
2. Near Lake George and a Black Water Moccasin
3. Leaving the Ile d'Orléans for New York City 
4. An ancient heritage of the Wendat
5. The Chef’s Daughter 
6. The Baker Furniture Store in Little Italy
7. The Palace Theater and My Show Business Family
8. Lady Iris Mountbatten 
9. Two years at the Children’s New York City Ballet
10. Miles Davis 
11. The John Paul Jones Naval Academy After School Program 
12. Art lessons with John Truman and a Prize 
13. Mrs. Braverman’s Hat Store – Building Shortwave Radios
14. The French Company, a world of Antiques and Books
15. A Murder and the Family is Upended 
16. Preparing to leave the United States
17. My Solo Trip from New York City to San Francisco 
18. In San Francisco –  learning Chinese culture.
19. In a Flood in Downtown Manila
20. On the Way to Baguio, a Landslide, and Other Adventures
21. The Army Navy Club in Manila
22. Staying at the Hagedorn Home 
23. At San Jose Abad Santos Elementary School
24. Colorful Personalities in Manila 
25. Jose Greco, Flamenco Dancer 
26. Louis Armstrong at Disneyland 
27. An Adventurous Trip to Tijuana, Mexico
28. Arriving in Japan, a Scottish Terrier Joins the Family 
29. A Steinway Piano, Piano Lessons & Sumi-e Lessons
30. Strange and Unusual Things to Eat 
31. The Geisha Next Door 
32. Attending Sacred Heart International School
33. A Ghost Story and The Bon Odori Dance in Akasaka 
34. A trip to Yokohama during Easter Week 
35. Climbing Mount Fuji
36. Children & the rod. My Stepfather and the culture of discipline 
37. My Japanese Godparents and lessons in traditions and sword 
38. Two Ladies Arrive in Tokyo, from Hong Kong and N.Y.C. 
39. Dinner at Maxim's de Paris in Tokyo 
40. A Trip to a Traditional Onsen – Bathhouse 
41. A Few days to Odawara Castle 
42. Kyoto, Japan, Neil Sedaka and Ryoanji Zen Rock Garden
43. Dinken’s Delicatessen in Roppongi, Tokyo 
44. A Landslide in Sendai
45. Colorful Visitors 
46. Charles Aznavour, Adamo, and Enrico Macias in Tokyo
47. Rioting in Akasaka and a Recording Contract 
48. After many years my farewell trip to our home in Akasaka

  Chapters 48 to 70 coming.