Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Notice -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Prologue -- TRAIN TO AGONY -- Chapter 1 Boarding the Train -- Chapter 2 Baby Sarah -- LIFE BEFORE THE WAR -- Chapter 3 Family Background -- Chapter 4 Mama's Family -- Chapter 5 Educating Anna -- Chapter 6 Move to Taganrog -- Chapter 7 Move to Rostov-on-Don -- Chapter 8 A Day in the Park -- Chapter 9 The Depression in Russia: Stalin's Power -- Chapter 10 Winter Vacation with Babushka at the Dacha -- Chapter 11 Our Journey by Train -- Chapter 12 Homecoming Welcome -- Chapter 13 Our Fun Time Begins -- Chapter 14 Christmas Church Service -- Chapter 15 Christmas Day: 1932 -- Chapter 16 Reflections on Childhood -- Chapter 17 Back to Reality: 1933 -- Chapter 18 Troubled Times: 1933-34 -- Chapter 19 Changing Times: 1934-35 -- Chapter 20 Wine-Tasting Time -- Chapter 21 Times of Uncertainty: 1937 -- Chapter 22 Remembrances -- Chapter 23 Germany Attacks Russia -- Chapter 24 Preparations for the Invasion -- Chapter 25 Our World Begins to Crumble -- Chapter 26 Papa Is Found in Hiding -- Chapter 27 My Last Minutes with Papa -- Chapter 28 Papa's Burial -- Chapter 29 Life without Papa -- Chapter 30 Surviving the German Occupation of Konstantinowka -- THE AGONY CONTINUES -- Chapter 31 August 1942 -- Chapter 32 The End of the Line -- Chapter 33 Identification Patches -- Chapter 34 Labor Camp, Our First Assignment: 1942 -- Chapter 35 The Break: Spring 1943 -- Chapter 36 Loss of Mama: September 1943 -- Chapter 37 Survival to the End -- Chapter 38 Last Message from Mama -- Chapter 39 Searching for Mama: Merxhausen Hospital -- NEW LIFE -- Chapter 40 The Final Arrangements -- "October 1989: Americans" -- Afterword by Nonna Bannister -- Appendix A: Life with Nonna -- Appendix B: "Is This It? Is This All? " -- Appendix C: Documents -- Appendix D: Genealogy -- Chronology.